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Statistics
Statistics involves the Observation of phenomena, creating Hypotheses, Collecting data, data Analysis, and Interpretation. Although most medical professionals will not take on research as a career, Statistics help with critically reviewing the literature, which is fundamental in creating one's own clinical path.
In this section, we concentrate on how Statistics can help the Orthopaedic Surgeon or other Medical professionals better understand the surgical literature.


The probability puzzle - Why the probability of a continuous measurement is zero.
What is the chance that your next TPLO candidate needs a TPA of 5 or 6.5 degrees? Zero! In a previous post , we discussed the function of...

Christos Nikolaou
Apr 245 min read
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How is the p-value found and what is a Type 1 error?
Watch the post on YouTube. Following the example of the previous post , let's say that the mean height in our sample is not 1.43 standard...

Christos Nikolaou
Apr 212 min read
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The test statistic, the standard error, and the p-value (z-statistic).
Watch the YouTube video of the post. If the town we live in has a population close to 5 million people, we can safely consider our sample...

Christos Nikolaou
Apr 215 min read
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What is the probability?
This post is about what the probability of something happening is. For this, let's assume that we go down the road and measure the height...

Christos Nikolaou
Apr 212 min read
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The mean value of a continuous variable
How do we find the mean value of several values? It seems easy to answer when considering a finite amount of values for which we want the...

Christos Nikolaou
Jan 145 min read
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