Agenda (HOW TO READ AND UNDERSTAND STATISTICS (level 1))
8th October 2010, Warsaw

08:30–08:45

Registration and morning coffee

08:45–10:15

Using Statistics in Medical Writing – introduction and basic concepts:

• types of variables, levels of measurement, 
• descriptive statistics (mean, median, range, standard deviation, coefficient of variation,
  box plot, normal and non-normal distributions, parametric and nonparametric tests), 
• point estimates and confidence intervals (probability, standard error of the mean), 
• sample size calculations

10:15–10:30 

Coffee break

10:30–12:00

Using Statistics in Medical Writing – case studies and exercises

12:00–13:00   

Lunch

13:00–14:30   

Graphical statistical analytic techniques – introduction and basic concepts:

• correlation and regression analyses (r, p and the 95% CI for a correlation), 
• survival in clinical trials, 
• Kaplan-Meier graphs and analyses

14:30–14:45   

Coffee break

14:45–16:30

Graphical statistical analytic techniques – case studies and exercises

16:30–17:30   

Discussion, presentation of certificates and close