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About the Course

If you’ve ever skipped over the results section of a medical paper because terms like “confidence interval” or “p-value” go over your head, then you’re in the right place. You may be a clinical practitioner reading research articles to keep up-to-date with developments in your field or a medical student wondering how to approach your own research. Greater confidence in understanding statistical analysis and the results can benefit both working professionals and those undertaking research themselves. If you are simply interested in properly understanding the published literature or if you are embarking on conducting your own research, this course is your first step. It offers an easy entry into interpreting common statistical concepts without getting into nitty-gritty mathematical formulae. To be able to interpret and understand these concepts is the best way to start your journey into the world of clinical literature. That’s where this course comes in - so let’s get started! The course is free to enroll and take. You will be offered the option of purchasing a certificate of completion which you become eligible for, if you successfully complete the course requirements. This can be an excellent way of staying motivated! Financial Aid is also available....

Top reviews

AM

Dec 15, 2018

Klopper MD is a great teacher. There are other courses from another top universities about this topic, but I think this is my favourite. This the shortest in duration and most comprehensive among all.

LK

Jul 28, 2017

Great course!! it is gonna provide you a good foundation in clinical studies if you want to start your career in clinical research! Clear explanation and comprehensive case study! highly recommended!

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By Blessy P

Aug 17, 2020

Great Instructor! Excellent content and format. This course helped to put all the different pieces together to develop a practical/'intuitive' understanding, (as Juan would say :)) Excel/spreadsheet tricks came as bonus! Thank you Coursera for this great offering

By Meneka R

Apr 6, 2023

This is a great course. Teaches from the basics to get a good knowledge on what statistical tests should be used and how they should be interpreted.

I would really recommend this course for those who have no idea regarding statistical tests in clinical research.

By Vitalii U

May 22, 2018

Excellent course! I will recommend it as a MUST to medical advisors and medical liaison officers in pharmaceutical company I am currently working. Very simple and useful explanation of statistics concepts. Extremely useful. Thank you very much for this course.

By NIMMY K

Sep 18, 2020

Thank you for this wonderful course! After completing this course, I feel so much more confident reading the Statistical Analysis section in a paper. I really liked the systematic manner in which the concepts were introduced throughout the course. Thank you!!

By Camilla S

Jul 3, 2018

A great and very easy to understand course. It gives you an idea of commonly used statistical analysis, but without going too deep into the math. Great if you are tired of reading articles and not understanding what a p-value or a paired t-test is. thumps up!

By Корней И

Mar 24, 2023

This is a very good course. Though I have to admitt that I didn't andestand everything, I have lost the fear of going futher in this direction. I will continue to study this theme with other courses and books. The course is good written and very informative.

By Sonakshi S

Aug 17, 2020

This was a great course. It is an ideal course for beginners to get familiar with the concepts of research methodology. The quizzes are helpful for rating our own understanding of the chapter. In a nutshell, it lays a foundation of research for the students.

By Hugo H Z

Aug 28, 2019

Very easy pace of learning things related with clinical research. The concepts are very well explained, and if you are not an statistician, this course is gonna help you a lot. Thanks to the Dr. Juan Klopper for doing this couse. I higly recomend this couse.

By Ramesh C

Nov 10, 2016

It is an excellent course and opportunity to learn about statistics and its applications in the medical research. The concepts are well explained and easy to understand. I express my heartfelt gratitude to the Coursera community and University of Cape Town.

By Anujyoti S

Dec 20, 2022

This is an excellent course that paved the way to understanding statistics without a single mathematical equation. Now, I can browse through a lot more research papers and in-depth studies of the same instead of focusing only on the aims and objectives.

By Rasheed M F

Jan 19, 2020

This was an excellent experience, refreshing all the information, updating for few unclear things , better understanding of the basics ....... Fast, easy to focus and well explained .......I enjoyed every moment of the course, thanks for all the efforts

By Sebawe S

Dec 21, 2019

A very exceptional course that teaches you so much about clinical research, and I think it's a must for every medical student, who wants to become and evidence-based physician as all the 21st century novel physicians should be, and not just researchers.

By Emil C

Apr 28, 2022

It was a very comprehensive course where difficult topics were put forward in a very simple to understand manner.It greatly helped me to understand clinical research better especially with respect to statistics. The course instructors were phenomenal.

By MOHAMED M

May 7, 2020

it was always stressful moment for me when i come cross with reading any article or research data results . but after taking this course it relay made it clear understandable. = the skim for understanding the statistics. thank you very much Dr Klopper.

By KINZA A d

May 30, 2023

this course is really really helpful. Being an undergraduate and a beginner, i learned a lot. Most importantly, they provide complete notes in word file that i shall keep everywhere. Simply in clinical settings, open your notes and resolve your query.

By Leigh

Aug 2, 2019

Excellent. I would love to have had some of the final test answers explained in some way so I could understand why I got a couple wrong. Either way it was an excellent course, excellent Instructor and appropriate material for basic level statistics.

By Farhan A

Nov 20, 2022

This course was everything I was looking for when it came to gaining research knowledge. The syllabus covered all my areas of concern and was easy to digest. I would highly recommend it to aspiring undergraduate students looking to get into research.

By sofie j

May 5, 2021

Excellent course with an easy, understandable language for non-native English speakers and short, clear videos with supplementary notes and quizzes to make sure you got the content. Thank you a lot for this brush up on statistics in clinical research

By Kavan

Jun 3, 2019

The course has been immensely helpful! As claimed in the introduction, it really helped me build an intuitive understanding of statistics. Concepts that seemed boring or confusing, were presented in a very simplified, easy to learn form. Great work!

By Florencia M S

Jul 24, 2023

Absolutely fascinating. Lacked this concepts, despite having graduated from Medical School recently. It is completely necessary to get in touch with all this, research in the medical field is fundamental. Dr Klopper´s explanations are crystal clear.

By Robert S

Oct 16, 2022

I really developed a deeper understanding of studies, statistics as wells as clinical research. It's very pleasant that you can do all the work at your own time, and are capable of repeating the content at your individual pace. Really good job guys.

By Rachel R

Mar 11, 2018

Excellent course. Really helped me to have a better understanding of research, what the different tests actually mean and when to properly apply them. Most clear explanation of basic statistical concepts I have heard. Would highly recommend course.

By Karen V

Aug 11, 2020

This course was an exceptional tool to really understand the rationale of clinical research appart from the science that is on it. I learned so many things that are helpful to understand what really means what is written in a paper/science article.

By Dilini K

Apr 5, 2020

Really enjoyed the course, provided me with a solid understanding of the basics of stats used in biological research. The examples used were relatable, and the material was quite in-depth. Would definitely take another course given by Dr. Klopper.

By Jiravat D V

Jun 4, 2020

Dr. Klopper is a great instructor. He broke complex mathematical concepts down into a simple language without diving into the calculation and equation details. Highly recommend if you just want to understand the stats cited in medical research.