Dentistry: Statistics in Dentistry
Understanding Statistics in Dental Research
Here's a good introduction to the topic:
Smeeton, N. C., and Taylor & Francis, Vendor. Dental Statistics Made Easy. Third ed. 2017. Online.
This series of journal articles was published by the British Dental Journal to "enable dentists to interpret published results, to keep pace with ever-accelerating change and to successfully negotiate a pathway through the minefield of statistical jargon".
Moles, D. (2002). Further statistics in dentistry: Introduction. British Dental Journal, 193(7), 375-375. doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4801569
Petrie, A., Bulman, J. S., & Osborn, J. F. (2002f). Further statistics in dentistry: Part 1: Research designs 1. Br Dent J, 193(7), 377-380. doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4801570
Petrie, A., Bulman, J. S., & Osborn, J. F. (2002b). Further statistics in dentistry. Part 2: Research designs 2. Br Dent J, 193(8), 435-440. doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4801591
Petrie, A., Bulman, J. S., & Osborn, J. F. (2002c). Further statistics in dentistry. Part 3: Clinical trials 1. Br Dent J, 193(9), 495-498. doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4801608
Petrie, A., Bulman, J. S., & Osborn, J. F. (2002d). Further statistics in dentistry. Part 4: Clinical trials 2. Br Dent J, 193(10), 557-561. doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4801627
Petrie, A., Bulman, J. S., & Osborn, J. F. (2002a). Further statistics in dentistry, Part 5: Diagnostic tests for oral conditions. Br Dent J, 193(11), 621-625. doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4801644
Petrie, A., Bulman, J. S., & Osborn, J. F. (2002e). Further statistics in dentistry. Part 6: Multiple linear regression. Br Dent J, 193(12), 675-682. doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4801659
Petrie, A., Bulman, J. S., & Osborn, J. F. (2003b). Further statistics in dentistry. Part 7: repeated measures. Br Dent J, 194(1), 17-21. doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4802405
Petrie, A., Bulman, J. S., & Osborn, J. F. (2003a). Further statistics in dentistry Part 8: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Br Dent J, 194(2), 73-78. doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4809877
Petrie, A., Bulman, J. S., & Osborn, J. F. (2003c). Further statistics in dentistry. Part 9: Bayesian statistics. Br Dent J, 194(3), 129-134. doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4809892
Osborn, J. F., Bulman, J. S., & Petrie, A. (2003). Further statistics in dentistry. Part 10: Sherlock Holmes, evidence and evidence-based dentistry. Br Dent J, 194(4), 189-195. doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4809907
Another useful reference....
This book is a series of short reviews that explain statistics and methods used in health sciences research.
Edward H. Livingston, Roger J., and McGraw-Hill Medical. JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods. 4th ed. 2020. McGraw-Hill's JAMAevidence. Web.
Canadian Statistics and Data Sets
- Statistics Canada: Health in CanadaOnline source for Canadian health statistics. And under Products (right side menu) are two commonly used links
- Statistics Canada: Health Profilesfeatures health region data from a number of sources including Statistics Canada's health surveys, administrative data, and the census of population
- Statistics Canada: Health Indicatorsprovides over 80 indicators of the health of Canadians and the effectiveness of the health care by health region. No profiles are provided.
- Statistics Canada Data Portal (formerly CANSIM)Cansim is Statistics Canada's key socioeconomic database of survey data. Updated daily. FREE as of February 1, 2012.
- PHAC Surveillance ProgramsListing of the Public Health Agency of Canada's ongoing surveillance projects. Examples included Flu-Watch; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance System; West Nile Virus Surveillance Information; and more
- Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)An independant body that provides key information and statistics on the Canadian health care system. Also check out their Quick Stats page where you can search by topic (e.g., Quality of Care, Lifestyle, etc.)
- Institute of Health EconomicsSearch health statistics by geographic region (provincial, national, international) or topic area (e.g., Aboriginal Health, Diabetes, Nutrition, etc).