Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-rdxmf Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-28T08:48:34.898Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Chapter 31 - Evidence Management: Data Analysis and Clinical Trials Structured SBA

from Section 5 - Adult Elective Orthopaedics and Spine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2024

By
Munier Hossain
Edited by
Paul A. Banaszkiewicz  and
Kiran Singisetti
Paul A. Banaszkiewicz
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth Hospital and North East NHS Surgical Centre (NENSC), Gateshead
Kiran Singisetti
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
Get access

Summary

This chapter will guide a candidate in statistics topics that regularly appear in Section 1 of the FRCS(Tr&Orth) exam. The chapter asks questions dealing with power calculations, probability, randomised control trials and design of studies. The chapter provides detailed explanations of the SBA questions asked.

Type
Chapter
Information
SBAs for the FRCS (Tr&Orth) Examination
A Companion to the Postgraduate Orthopaedics Candidate's Guide
 , pp. 682 - 700
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Recommended Reading

Ernst, E, Resch, KL. Concept of true and perceived placebo effects. Br Med J. 1995;311:551–553.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Khan, T. Survival analysis of time to event data in orthopaedic surgery: current concepts. Bone and Joint 360. 2017; 6.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Parsons, NR, Perry, DC, Costa, ML. All interventions differ, although some are more different than others. Bone Joint J. 2017;99-B:1123–1124.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Parsons, N et al. Statistical significance and p-values: guidelines for use and reporting. Bone Joint J. 2019;101-B:1179–1183.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Perry, DC, Parsons, N, Costa, ML. Surgeon level data: understanding the plot. Bone Joint J. 2013;95-B:1156–1157.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Petrie, A. Statistics in orthopaedic papers. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2006;88:1121–1136.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Petrie, A. Statistical power in testing a hypothesis. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2010;92:1192–1194.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

Available formats
×