Course overview
A focused introduction to reading, checking and describing medical research data through short lessons and one small practice exercise.
Learning outcomes
Recognize common variable types and data-quality problems.
Choose suitable descriptive summaries and basic charts.
Explain why a sample summary does not describe every patient with certainty.
Curriculum
Research questions and units of observation.
Categorical and numerical variables.
Missing values and simple data checks.
Means, medians and measures of spread.
Choosing a clear table or chart.
Worked example: summarize a small teaching table.
Practical output
Complete a one-page description of a small synthetic teaching table, including one summary and one chart choice.
Course information
Practice uses synthetic or appropriately authorized material. Course materials remain available for three months after completion. Contact us with questions; we respond within 72 hours. This response window is not a grading or manuscript-review deadline. Publication, authorship, and funding are not guaranteed.
