doctor

In this lesson, we will read an article called "Statistics in Medical Research: Misuse of Sampling and Sample Size Determination."

Pre-reading

Read the abstract of the article linked here. In partners or groups, discuss the questions that follow.

Discussion questions:

  • Are there any words you don't know? 
  • What is the researchers' goal?
  • Describe the problems that the researchers found. Do you think these kinds of problems are common in medical research worldwide? What about other kinds of scientific research?
  • What did the researchers recommend?

Reading


Unlock full access by logging in. Registered users can explore the entire lesson and more.

keyboard_arrow_up