Journal Club Presentation Resources (Statistics Help): Diagnostic Tests & Nonparametric Tests

This guide provides help for preparing to give clinical journal club presentations.

Diagnostic Tests

Basic Concepts and Definitions
Sensitivity, Specificity, Predictive Value
Thomas G. Tape, MD at the University of Nebraska Medical Center
GetTheDiagnosis.org: A Database of Sensitivity and Specificity
Likelihood Ratio
Centre for Evidence Based Medicine Oxford
Plotting and Intrepretating an ROC Curve
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Statistics Review 13: Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves
Bewick V, Cheek L, Ball J. Statistics review 13: receiver operating characteristic curves. Crit Care. 2004;8(6):508-12.
Tips for Learners of Evidence-Based Medicine: 5. The Effect of Spectrum of Disease on the Performance of Diagnostic Tests
Canadian Medical Association Journal article

The Chi-Square Test for Independence
Sociology 3112 University of Utah
Pearson's Chi-square Test for Independence
Caitlin Light at the Department of Language and Linguistic Science at the University of York
Mann-Whitney U-Test
Explorable.com
Mann-Whitney U-Test YouTube Video
StatisticsLectures.com
Statistics Review 6: Nonparametric Methods
Whitley E, Ball J. 2002. Statistics review 6: Nonparametric methods. Crit Care. 2002;6(6):509-13.
Friedman Test, Jonckheere–Terpstra Test, Kruskal–Wallis Test, Least Significant Difference
Bewick V, Cheek L, Ball J. Statistics review 10: further nonparametric methods. Crit Care. 2004;8(3):196-9.
The Chi-Square Test
Statistics Knowledge Portal

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