Abstract

PILOTO MOREJON, Manuel. Piloto's statistics: a digital-educational statistical package for the epidemiological researches. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.4, pp. 27-37. ISSN 1561-3194.

The practical use of Biostatistics is a concern for any researcher. Objective: Four tools were created aimed at providing the mathematical calculation of the statistical tests used in epidemiological researches as well as its application and interpretation, these tools use a free software, without property OpenOffice.org.Calc 2.3 of the Unix Ubuntu 8.04 of Linux operative system (with a copy in Microsoft Office Excel to its generalization) having the title of: "Piloto's statistics. A digital-educational statistical package for the epidemiological researches" in Pinar del Rio during 2008 Material and Method: the software contains 18 statistical tests; chi square test (includes Yates's correction), Fisher's test of exact probability, odds ratio, relative risk, attributable risk percent and Kappa's and Youden's rates, dependent tests a-b-c-d of contingency table 2x2. Besides; the calculation of the mean, standard deviation, variance, Z statistic and Mc Nemar's chi square test. Results: the tools were validated by means of professional programs and generalized in the final researches of the medical specialties, master's degree and other researches of the province. The tools were presented in provincial, national events and in South Africa (2007) and they are fundamental topics in postgraduate courses of Applied Biostatistics to the tutor, without the substitution of the professional syllabuses; the tools are added to easier the acquisition of knowledge in Biostatistics. The most important advantages of these tools are: the simplicity, applicability and immediacy, as well as the results in unison, easy interpretation, help in Spanish language and little size.

Keywords : BIOESTATISTICS; instrumentation; methods; VITAL STATISTICS; CONTINUING EDUCATION; LEARNING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH.

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