Fundamentals of Study Design

Hello students, The videos for the third and final section, fundamentals of study design, are on the website. The problem sets are also in the Downloads section. We listened to your comments and put all the problems together in one set. Again, you'll have the ability to ask and answer questions via the comments function. … Continue reading Fundamentals of Study Design →

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as the Affordable Care Act or ObamaCare, is the biggest change in health care policy since Medicare in 1965. Despite its importance, very few understand it. This is not surprising given its complexity. Popular news outlets and politicians (on both sides) capitalize on our ignorance by … Continue reading The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act →

Study Design Videos Being Posted

Hello students. Many of the videos for the "Fundamentals of Study Design" section are currently being posted. We're still busy writing the descriptions and creating the problem sets, and there are a few videos left to create. However we wanted to let you know early so you could get a jump on them early. Remember … Continue reading Study Design Videos Being Posted →

Watch videos at 1.5x or 2.0x speed using HTML5 player

One more tip, some students prefer to watch the videos at 1.5x or 2.0x the normal speed. This is possible in YouTube if you use the HTML5 player. More information about this can be found here.

Students: we need your input

Dear students, we value your input in making this class more relevant and effective for you. Please take a moment to complete this short survey so we can make appropriate changes to the course. Our goal is that you not only learn the material but are able to use it. To entice you, we'll award … Continue reading Students: we need your input →

Add comments (and answer them) within problem sets

One student had requested access to edit the problem sets. While for obvious reasons we cannot grant students the ability to change these problem sets, we can let you attach comments within. This works somewhat similarly to the the "track changes" program in word processing programs. Ask a Question Within the problem set, highlight the … Continue reading Add comments (and answer them) within problem sets →

What goes in the denominator of variance & standard deviation

We've gotten a few questions on the problem set for the central tendency and variance module, specifically what goes in the denominator. In some places it seems like we say put N in others we say put n-1. And that answer is right... but of course it's more complicated than that. I put an explanation … Continue reading What goes in the denominator of variance & standard deviation →

Quiz #1 & #2: October 15 (8a-10a) @ 539 AAC

Dear students, Please remember that your EBM quiz is Oct 15 from 8 - 10 am in 539 AAC. This quiz will be about 30 multiple choice questions. If you can successfully complete the problem sets posted on the EBM site for each of the content areas, you should do okay on the quiz. The … Continue reading Quiz #1 & #2: October 15 (8a-10a) @ 539 AAC →

Number Needed To Treat Video Added

Dear students, we added a video on the Number Needed To Treat to the "Measuring Risks" lesson. Feel free to provide us with comments, suggestions and questions.

New Videos on Power Done

Dear students, The videos on statistical power and it's relation to type II error (β), effect size, type I error (α) and sample size have been completed. Here's a link to those videos. Let us know if you have any questions or comments. Thanks, Beth & Rahul