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Statistics, epidemiology and research design

Book/media/app review

Understanding epidemiology and its contribution to public health

Lisa Hall

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (3): 109

Medical education / Key research skills

Standard deviation and standard error: interpretation, usage and reporting

Petra Macaskill

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 63-64

Medical education / Key research skills

Distributions and what to do when they are non-normal

Alan Taylor

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (1): 1013

Letters

Cortisone injections for tennis elbow should be an “avoid”, rather than a recommended procedure

John W Orchard and Bill Vicenzino

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (10): 453

Systematic review

Determining the contribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae to community-acquired pneumonia in Australia

J Kevin Yin, Sanjay H Jayasinghe, Patrick G Charles, Catherine King, Clayton K Chiu, Robert I Menzies and Peter B McIntyre

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (9): 396-400

Research

The prevalence of monogenic diabetes in Australia: the Fremantle Diabetes Study Phase II

Timothy ME Davis, Ashley E Makepeace, Sian Ellard, Kevin Colclough, Kirsten Peters, Andrew Hattersley and Wendy A Davis

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (8): 344-347 Free

Medical education / Key research skills

Statistical and clinical significance

Ian A Scott

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (5): 187-189

Medical education / Key research skills

Understanding statistical hypothesis tests and power

Michael P Jones, Alissa Beath, Christopher Oldmeadow and John R Attia

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (4): 148-150

Medical education / Key research skills

Understanding statistical principles in correlation, causation and moderation in human disease

Michael P Jones, Marjorie M Walker and John R Attia

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (3): 104-106

Short Report

Risks of using medical record and administrative data for prognostic models

Marliese Alexander, Sue M Evans, Rory Wolfe, David L Ball and Kate Burbury

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (3): 126 Free

Short reports

The general health of a cohort of Aboriginal children (0–7 years) in Sydney

Elizabeth J Comino, Emma Elcombe, Bin B Jalaludin, Lynn A Kemp, Darryl Wright and Mark F Harris

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 37-38 Free

Editorials

Including minority populations in research: we must do better

Annette J Braunack-Mayer and Odette R Gibson, for the CREATE Methods Group

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 22-23 Free

Research

Progress in closing the gap in life expectancy at birth for Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory, 1967–2012

Nick Georges, Steven L Guthridge, Shu Qin Li, John R Condon, Tony Barnes and Yuejen Zhao

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 25-30 Free

Editorials

The disparity between changes in the prevalence of mental illness and disability support rates in Australia

Harvey A Whiteford

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (11): 486-487

Medical education / Key research skills

Deconfounding confounding part 2: using directed acyclic graphs (DAGs)

John R Attia, Christopher Oldmeadow, Elizabeth G Holliday and Michael P Jones

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (11): 480-483

Research

Trends in New South Wales infant hospital readmission rates in the first year of life: a population-based study

Samantha J Lain, Christine L Roberts, Jennifer R Bowen and Natasha Nassar

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (1): 40-43 Free

Research

Geographic variation in prostate cancer survival in New South Wales

Xue Qin Yu, Qingwei Luo, David P Smith, Dianne L O’Connell and Peter D Baade

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 586-590 Free

Research

A general medical short-stay unit is not more efficient than a traditional model of care

Patrick T Russell, Paul Hakendorf and Campbell H Thompson

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (8): 482-484 Free

Letters

Finally . . . an evidence-based tool to find primary health care evidence

Jennifer J Tieman, Ruth M Sladek and Ellen McIntyre

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (4): 207-208

Research

Trends in chlamydia positivity among heterosexual patients from the Victorian Primary Care Network for Sentinel Surveillance, 2007–2011

Megan S C Lim, Carol El-Hayek, Jane L Goller, Christopher K Fairley, Phuong L T Nguyen, Rochelle A Hamilton, Dorothy J Henning, Kathleen M McNamee, Margaret E Hellard and Mark A Stoove

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (3): 166-169 Free

Correction

Detecting undiagnosed diabetes using glycated haemoglobin: an automated screening test in hospitalised patients

Nyoli A Valentine, Tariq M Alhawassi, Greg W Roberts, Parind P Vora, Stephen N Stranks and Matthew P Doogue

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (2): 123 Free

Letters

Unexplained variation in hospital caesarean section rates

Rick J Fielke

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (2): 84

Letters

Unexplained variation in hospital caesarean section rates

Yuen Yi (Cathy) Lee, Christine L Roberts and Jillian A Patterson

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (2): 84-85

Research

headspace — Australia’s innovation in youth mental health: who are the clients and why are they presenting?

Debra J Rickwood, Nic R Telford, Alexandra G Parker, Chris J Tanti and Patrick D McGorry

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (2): 108-111 Free

Research

Impact of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in people aged 65 years or older

Robert I Menzies, Sanjay H Jayasinghe, Vicki L Krause, Clayton K Chiu and Peter B McIntyre

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (2): 112-115 Free