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Statistics for Non-Statisticians
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Course Information for Statistics for Non-Statisticians

Duration: 1 or 2 Days

Description

Statistics are widely used in clinical trials from the design stage and sample sizing through to the analysis and reporting. This course provides an easy to understand explanation of the various statistical terms you will come across and enables you to communicate effectively with statisticians.

Who is it suitable for?

The course has previously been delivered for

  • CRAs/Project Managers
  • Regulatory Staff
  • Marketing & Sales Teams in Pharma Companies
  • Medical Advisers
  • Medical Communication Professionals

The course has also been tailored for specific therapeutic areas including oncology, respiratory, tissue engineered products and vaccines.

Statistics in Trial Design

  • Difference trials
  • Equivalence trials
  • Non-inferiority trials
  • Objectives, endpoints & comparisons

Data and Data Summaries

  • Types of data, types of endpoints
  • Surrogate endpoints
  • Issues relating to graphs, tables and diagrams

Statistical Aspects of Clinical Trials

  • Standard deviation and standard errors
  • Confidence intervals
  • Comparing two groups
  • Hazard ratios/Kaplan Meier

Significance Testing

  • Null and alternative hypothesis
  • Types of error
  • p-values and confidence intervals

Power and Sample Size

  • What is power
  • Determining Sample size

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A Statistics for Non-Statisticians Course was delivered for a European Pharma Company. The Course had 20 participants. The feedback is shown below.
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Average score: 9.6
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I have sat through a number of presentations on medical statistics in my career, and I can honestly say this was the best.
You managed to make the subject understandable and accessible, and the feedback from all the delegates was overwhelmingly positive.
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