Uticaj stavova studenata medicine prema statistici na sticanje kompetencija iz oblasti biostatike: multicentrična studija i meta-analiza

Abstract

Nakon saznanja da osnovne greške u analizi podataka doprinose neponovljivosti rezultata istraživanja mnogih publikovanih studija, u naučnoj zajednici prepoznata je potreba za boljim razumevanjem statističkih analitičkih metoda. Cilj ove studije je da se ispitaju stavovi studenata prema statistici u različitim edukativnim okruženjima, prate njihove promene i uticaj na postignuća iz biostatistike. Takođe, sproveden je sistematski pregled literature u cilju pronalaženja naučnih dokaza radi pružanja podrške pedagoškim odlukama koje se odnose na podučavanje studenata medicine iz oblasti primenjene statistike. Metod Upitnik za procenu stavova studenata prema statistici (eng. Survey of Attitudes Towards Statistics – SATS – 36) je korišćen za anketiranje studenata medicine na tri fakulteta Zapadnog Balkana, koji su pohađali obavezni predmet iz biostatistike. Prethodno je urađena validacija i kulturološka adaptacija upitnika na srpski jezik. Sistematski pregled literature sproveden je pretraživanjem publikacija objavljenih od 1994. godine u sledećim bazama podataka: Scopus, Web of Science, Science Direct, Medline i APA. Urađena je i meta-analiza koeficijenata korelacije skorova SATS komponenti i postignutih rezultata iz statistike. Zbirne procene su izračunate korišćenjem modela slučajnih efekata...

The scientific community increasingly is recognizing the need to bolster standards of data analysis given the widespread concern that basic mistakes in data analysis are contributing to the irreproducibility of many published research findings. The aim of this study was to investigate students’ attitudes towards statistics within a multi-site medical educational context, monitor their changes and impact on student achievement. In addition, we performed a systematic review to better support our future pedagogical decisions in teaching applied statistics to medical students. Methods A validated Serbian Survey of Attitudes Towards Statistics (SATS-36) questionnaire was administered to medical students attending obligatory introductory courses in biostatistics from three medical faculties. A systematic review of peer-reviewed publications was performed through searches of Scopus, Web of Science, Science Direct, Medline, and APA databases through 1994. A meta-analysis was performed for the correlation coefficients between SATS component scores and statistics achievement. Pooled estimates were calculated using random effects models...