Statistics in Psychiatry?

[ryerica22]

Advertisement - Members don't see this ad

Hey guys,
I was wondering if you guys have any recommendations for resources for statistics in Psych (for like boards purposes and such?) I hated Stats for USMLE and liked the DIT videos. I seriously hate reading about cohort studies, odds ratio etc.! For some reason my mind automatically wants to shut off whenever I read that stuff.

Thanks for any leads!

 

[slappy]

Don't be intimidated by statistics. It's really not that hard once you get the basics down. It's also very important for physicians to understand statistics. In today's competitive research arena, investigators do a lot of "massaging" of stats to arrive at some positive conclusion after a study is done so it'll get noticed. Without a basic understanding on statistics, you'd be inclined to believe the results of all published studies (you shouldn't).

If I were you, I'd start with a book called Head First Statistics.

 

[Amygdarya]

There is a pretty good book on statistics for psychiatrists written by Nassir Ghaemi: Amazon product ASIN 052170958X

 

[futuredo32]

The lecture in Beat the Boards is pretty good