Statistical analysis: a practical guide for psychiatrists [Articles]

This article is a practical guide for psychiatrists who want to apply basic and straightforward statistics in their research. It describes ways of summarising data and provides an overview of statistical tests for comparing patients’ characteristics. Measures of association such as correlation and regression are also explained, along with principal components analysis, a method for reducing the dimensionality of data. Explanations are clarified using data from the published studies.

Source: Advances in Psychiatric Treatment - June 30, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Nikolaou, V. Tags: Articles Source Type: research