MCQs Edition 1

Each MCQ provides a list of statements, at least one of which is correct.
You will score a point if all your answers are correct for a particular MCQ.

1. Select a chapter from the drop-down menus.
2. Click on the 'Start MCQs' button to start the MCQ test for that chapter,
(or click on the 'MCQ index' button to view a list of MCQs for that chapter and to choose a particular question to start from).

Handling data (Chapters 1-9)

1. Types of data 2. Data entry 3. Error checking and outliers 4. Displaying data graphically 5. Describing data (1): the 'average' 6. Describing data (2): the 'spread' 7. Theoretical distributions (1): the Normal distribution 8. Theoretical distributions (2): other distributions 9. Transformations

Sampling and estimation (Chapters 10-11)

10. Sampling and sampling distributions 11. Confidence intervals

Study design (Chapters 12-16)

12. Study design 1 13. Study design 2 14. Clinical trials 15. Cohort studies 16. Case-control studies

Hypothesis testing (Chapters 17-18)

17. Hypothesis testing 18. Errors in hypothesis testing

Basic techniques for analysing data (Chapters 19-34)

19. A single group 20. Two related groups 21. Two unrelated groups 22. More than two groups 23. A single proportion 24. Two proportions 25. More than two categories 26. Correlation 27. The theory of linear regression 28. Performing a linear regression analysis 29. Multiple linear regression 30. Polynomial and logistic regression 31. Statistical modelling 32. Checking assumptions 33. Sample size calculations 34. Presenting results

Additional chapters (Chapters 35-42)

35. Diagnostic tools 36. Assessing agreement 37. Evidence-based medicine 38. Systematic reviews and meta-analysis 39. Methods for repeated measures 40. Time series 41. Survival analysis 42. Bayesian methods