Understanding Medical Research: Your Facebook Friend is Wrong
Completed by Angela Gow Lejarreta
May 10, 2023
16 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
How to efficiently read a medical research paper and how to differentiate between good and bad research
The different tests used in medical research and how to spot common errors in methodology and interoperation for each
Read and understand statistical figures, charts, and graphics
How best to verify claims made in news articles
Skills you will gain
- Category: Biostatistics
- Category: Statistical Methods
- Category: Medical Science and Research
- Category: Fraud detection
- Category: Medical Terminology
- Category: Descriptive Statistics
- Category: Clinical Research
- Category: Analysis
- Category: Data Literacy
- Category: Research Methodologies
- Category: Risk Analysis
- Category: Scientific Methods

