The role of statistics in research and clinical practice -- Properties of variables: levels of measurement -- Descriptive univariate statistics -- Probabilities -- Logic of statistical inference: the sampling distribution and significance tests -- Standard errors, confidence intervals and the power of statistical tests -- Research designs and statistical analysis -- T-test -- One-way analysis of variance -- Linear regression and Pearson's r correlation -- Factorial analysis of variance and analysis of covariance -- Multiple linear regression -- Repeated-measures analysis of variance -- Introduction to mixed-effects regression models -- Nonparametric/ordinal statistics -- Frequency cross-tabulations: 2x2 tables -- Logistic regression with one independent variable -- Logistic regression models with multiple predictors -- Incidence rates, life tables and survival function -- Comparing survival functions in different groups and hazard regression -- Reliability coefficients and medical test evaluation -- Factor analysis -- Data management and privacy concerns.