A comparative cross-sectional assessment of statistical knowledge of faculty across five health science disciplines.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The purpose of this study was to compare statistical knowledge of health science faculty across accredited schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and public health.

Methods

A probability sample of schools was selected, and all faculty at each selected school were invited to participate in an online statistical knowledge assessment that covered fundamental topics including randomization, study design, statistical power, confidence intervals, multiple testing, standard error, regression outcome, and odds ratio.

Results

A total of 708 faculty from 102 schools participated. The overall response rate was 6.5%. Most (94.2%) faculty reported reading the peer-reviewed health-related literature. Respondents answered 66.2% of questions correctly across

SUBMITTER: Hayat MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8411270 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature