Understanding Medical Research: Your Facebook Friend is Wrong
Completed by Ljerka Kovačić Tot
June 10, 2025
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: Descriptive Statistics
- Category: Fraud detection
- Category: Clinical Research
- Category: Data Literacy
- Category: Science and Research
- Category: Research Methodologies
- Category: Statistics
- Category: Statistical Methods
- Category: Analysis
- Category: Healthcare Ethics
- Category: Biostatistics
- Category: Research Design
