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Biostatistics on the internet

On the following pages you will find reliable material to learn more about biostatistics yourself.

• Kennisbasis statistiek - a learning environment, extensive glossary, and forum mainly about basic statistics - created by Herman Wijnne from Utrecht University. (The original link, http://www.kennisbasisstatistiek.net, no longer works.)
• Statnotes - various e-books on both basic and advanced statistical topics, plus how to specify these in SPSS
• lecture series 'Help! Statistiek!' - presentations of accessible lectures on various statistics topics - Department of Epidemiology at UMC Groningen
• Talkstats. Moderated forum about statistics (English). (The original link, http://talkstats.com/, no longer works.)
• BMJ - Statistics at Square One Basic textbook on biostatistics, first published in 1976, now available online via BMJ, author M J Campbell. All basic tests, correlation and regression, and survival analysis explained in detail, including formulas for calculating the tests.
• SPSS Tools Website by Raynald Levesque with a lot of handy syntax for operations in SPSS.
• YouTube channel 'how2stats' with >200 videos about tests in SPSS.
• UCLA Academic Technology Services Online Seminars and Classes Videos with statistical explanations - especially a lot of useful explanation on how to work with statistical software (SPSS, SAS, Stata)

Courses in biostatistics

• Amsterdam UMC e-learning Practical Biostatistics A course developed at the AMC with 30 hours of online course material, including SPSS and R tutorials.
• HealthKnowledge Six e-learning modules for public health professionals at two levels - practitioner and specialist - covering the following topics: 1. Epidemiology 2. Health Information 3. Statistical Methods. In English, very extensive course material, many challenging practice questions focused on understanding, no SPSS instructions, free of charge.
• Statistics.com offers courses on many different aspects of statistics and data analysis.
• Within Amsterdam UMC, statistics courses are offered through the Doctoral School. Various courses in data management, statistics, epidemiology, and big data are also offered by the university master's programs Evidence Based Practice, EpidM, and Health Informatics. Some of these courses can be taken separately.
• NIHES - NIHES (Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences) offers training programs and courses in the field of biostatistics and epidemiology. The AMC participates in this alliance; most activities are organized from Erasmus MC.
• Cochrane Netherlands provides training on evidence-based medicine, systematic reviews, and meta-analysis.
• Elevate Health, in collaboration with Utrecht University and UMCU, offers courses in epidemiology and statistics through e-learning and blended learning.

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Finished reading? You can go to the Overview of all topics, or to Choosing a test for help picking a suitable test or analysis. Want to learn more about biostatistics? Then follow the AMC e-learning Practical Biostatistics. Did you find something on these pages that isn't correct? Does a link not work? Or would you like to contribute to the wiki? Then get in touch with us.

This biostatistics wiki is an initiative of the former statistics helpdesk of Amsterdam UMC, location AMC. Amsterdam UMC staff can request statistical support via intranet.