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Statistical knowledge is at the basis of understanding and reporting the results of scientific research. Basic concepts of probability are the first building blocks for most of the statistical concepts. Conditional probability, at the basis of Bayesian statistics, is becoming popular among researchers and usually opposed to the most commonly used frequentist approach.
This last one is based on the concepts of distribution of variables, hypothesis testing, p-value, and confidence intervals.
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are becoming important tools for synthesis of the available evidence. A new, still unexplored, method of analyses of primary studies is the network meta-analysis for multiple treatment comparisons. This may become an important way of assessing the efficacy of numerous treatments when direct comparison of primary studies is impossible.
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Iocca, O. (2016). Basics of Biostatistics. In: Iocca, O. (eds) Evidence-Based Implant Dentistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26872-9_2
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