Understanding Medical Research: Your Facebook Friend is Wrong
Completed by Sajjan Balasubramanyan
March 15, 2026
16 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
How to efficiently read a medical research paper and how to differentiate between good and bad research
The different tests used in medical research and how to spot common errors in methodology and interoperation for each
Read and understand statistical figures, charts, and graphics
How best to verify claims made in news articles
Skills you will gain
- Category: Clinical Research
- Category: Science and Research
- Category: Research Methodologies
- Category: Statistics
- Category: Clinical Trials
- Category: Research
- Category: Descriptive Statistics
- Category: Fraud detection
- Category: Research Design
- Category: Medical Terminology
- Category: Risk Analysis
- Category: Statistical Methods
