Mrcpsych Mentor Statistics Part 1: Questions &
Solutions (Expert Verified)
Used to examine heterogeneity in a meta-analysis often as a supplement to a
forest plot Right Ans - Galbraith Plot (aka Radial Plot)
Reporting Guideline: PRISMA Right Ans - Preferred Reporting Items for
Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Reporting Guideline: MOOSE Right Ans - Meta-Analysis of Observational
Studies in Epidemiological Studies
Reporting Guideline: STROBE Right Ans - Strengthening the Reporting of
Observational Studies in Epidemiology
Reporting Guideline: SQUIRE Right Ans - Standards for Quality
Improvement Reporting Excellence
Reporting Guideline: STARD Right Ans - STandards for the Reporting of
Diagnostic accuracy
Reporting Guideline: MIAME Right Ans - Minimum information about a
microarray experiment
Reporting Guideline: COREQ Right Ans - Consolidated criteria for reporting
Qualitative research
Reporting Guideline: CONSORT Right Ans - Consolidated Standards of
Reporting Trials
Reporting Guideline: TREND Right Ans - Transparent Reporting of
Evaluations with Non-Randomised Designs
Reporting Guideline: QUORUM Right Ans - Quality of Reporting of Meta-
Analyses
Graphical representation of sample min, lower quartile, median, upper
quartile and sample max Right Ans - Box and Whisker Plot
, Used to demonstrate existence of publication bias in meta analyses Right
Ans - Funnel plot
Graphical display of continuous data where the values have been categorised
Right Ans - Histogram
Strength of evidence of constituent trials in meta analyses depicted by
Right Ans - Forest plot aka 'blobbogram'
Graphical representation using Cartesian coordinates to display values for
two variables for a set of data Right Ans - Scatter plot
Graphical representation of survival function showing decreasing survival
over time Right Ans - Kaplan-Meier Survival Plot
GRADE approach used for Right Ans - Assessing the quality of evidence
Statistical test to demonstrate significant differences between the means of
several groups (assuming variables are normally distributed) Right Ans -
ANOVA
Define opportunity cost Right Ans - The value of the next best alternative
that is forgone when a choice is made
The probability of accepting the false null hypothesis Right Ans - Type 2
error
The probability that the false null hypothesis will be rejected Right Ans -
Power
The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it's true Right Ans -
Type one error
Three types of association Right Ans - Spurious, direct and indirect
Bradford Hill criteria for causality (5) Right Ans - Strength, Temporality,
Specificity, Coherence and Consistency
Which statistical test summarised by F statistic Right Ans - ANOVA
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