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Comparing the Australian and Irish Cancer Registries

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May

25

2013

Having just moved from Australia to Ireland to do a post-doc at the National Cancer Registry, I was interested in comparing the Australian and Irish cancer registration systems. Both countries have excellent cancer registries, with some similarities as well as differences between them. A table comparing the features of each system is below, but the primary differences ...

Multiple regression ‘cheat sheet’

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Feb

10

2013

This was a ‘cheat sheet’ I put together during the ACSPRI 2012 Winter Program course “Fundamentals of Multiple Regression” (Fun Reg). The cheat sheet simply summarises the concepts, formula’s and assumptions often used in regression analysis which were discussed in the course. Fun Reg Cheat Sheet This was a fantastic course that I would highly ...

Resources for Emerging Researchers

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Feb

10

2013

This blog post was originally written for and published by the Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ) Emerging Researcher Group (ERGO) section of the December 2012 Newsletter. It has been, and will continue to be, updated as I find out about new resources. The number of resources for PhD students ...

My experience of working with data that isn’t ‘mine’

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Feb

10

2013

This blog post was originally written for and published by the Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ) Emerging Researcher Group (ERGO) section of the August 2012 Newsletter. During my PhD I was lucky enough to be offered access to a large dataset for analysis. This was a fantastic opportunity, which ...