Media links for VHM 802

Media links for Biostats Course VHM 802 at AVC - Winter Semester 2023

This page provides links to media files and webpages used in the course; some of these are copied from the VHM 801 website.

Statistics links (specific topics)

Guidelines for planning and reporting of studies:

Statistical reporting guidelines: Lang & Altman (2013), Basic statistical reporting for articles published in biomedical journals: the SAMPL guidelines (link to page at the Equator Network),
Equator Network
Another list of Research reporting guidelines and initiatives,

Current stand of discussion about P-values (and other statistical concepts):

Press release from the ASA (American Statistical Association) on statistical significance and P-values
The ASA's statement on p-values: context, process, and purpose, The American Statistician 70, 129-133 (UPEI Access).
Moving to a World Beyond "p<0.05" (2019), The American Statistician 73:sup1, 1-19.
Review paper on misinterpretations : Greenland et al. (2016), European Journal of Epidemiology 31, 337-350.

Link to collection of web applets

Journal articles and other references:

Model Selection Criteria AIC and BIC, in: The Basics of Financial Econometrics: Tools, Concepts, and Asset Management Applications.
Misuse of multiple comparison tests and underuse of contrast procedures in aquaculture publications, Aquaculture 437, 344-350 (UPEI access).
Dismantling the Mantel tests, Methods in Ecology and Evolution 4, 336-344.
Non-parametric multivariate analyses of changes in community structure, Australian Journal of Ecology 18, 117-143 (UPEI access).
A new method for non-parametric multivariate analysis of variance, Austral Ecology 26, 32-46 (UPEI access).
A comparison of spatial clustering and cluster detection techniques for childhood leukemia incidence in Ohio, 1996-2003, International Journal of Health Geographics 6, 13.

Henrik Stryhn (hstryhn@upei.ca) 2023-03-15