A Little Book of R for Biomedical Statistics

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University College Cork, 2013. — Release 0.2 — 35 p.This little booklet has some information on how to use R for biomedical statistics.R (www.r-project.org) is a commonly used free Statistics software. R allows you to carry out statistical analyses in an interactive mode, as well as allowing simple programming.Contents:How to install RIntroduction to RInstalling RInstalling R packagesRunning RA brief introduction to RLinks and Further ReadingAcknowledgementsContactLicenseUsing R for Biomedical StatisticsBiomedical statisticsCalculating Relative Risks for a Cohort StudyCalculating Odds Ratios for a Cohort or Case-Control StudyTesting for an Association Between Disease and Exposure, in a Cohort or Case-Control StudyCalculating the (Mantel-Haenszel) Odds Ratio when there is a Stratifying VariableTesting for an Association Between Exposure and Disease in a Matched Case-Control StudyDose-response analysis:Calculating the Sample Size Required for a Randomised Control TrialCalculating the Power of a Randomised Control TrialMaking a Forest Plot for a Meta-analysis of Several Different Randomised Control Trials:Links and Further ReadingAcknowledgementsContactLicenseAcknowledgementsContactLicense