Jan 23, 2022

Recommend a good, short primer on statistics?

Can anyone recommend a favorite, short primer on statistics, particularly medical statistics for use in ER? My friend (who is not in ER) recommended a textbook to me but I don’t know how useful this is given my time constraints. Thanks!

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https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUkh9m2BorqmXcRzWFbzcjMd7fYErVexF

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CFA Level I - Stats Section (Quantitative Analysis). Have 1,500 pages of practice exam Q&A in PDF if u want. You’ll learn stats in 1 day

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ResearchChimp420

StatQuest videos on YouTube are great. Used them for Quant sections of CFA - less dry but still informative.

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I love StatQuest.

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