CEBU statistics and data management resources
CEBU has developed various resources to assist with your research
The Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (CEBU) is a specialised group focusing on biostatistics, epidemiological methods, and data management. We provide expertise and support to all Melbourne Children’s campus researchers in these areas.
Additionally, we undertake methodological research as the lead node of the Victorian Centre for Biostatistics (ViCBiostat).
The Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (CEBU) is a specialised group focusing on biostatistics, epidemiological methods, and data management. We provide expertise and support to all Melbourne Children’s campus researchers in these...
The Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (CEBU) is a specialised group focusing on biostatistics, epidemiological methods, and data management. We provide expertise and support to all Melbourne Children’s campus researchers in these areas.
Additionally, we undertake methodological research as the lead node of the Victorian Centre for Biostatistics (ViCBiostat).
CEBU courses
We provide a comprehensive range of short courses in clinical and population health research methods, including conceptualisation, design, and statistical analysis.
- Research methods courses
- Designing your research study (see free online teaser)
- Introduction to Biostatistics
- Observational studies: Modern concepts & analytic methods
- Clinical trial design and analysis: the basics and recent advances
- Computer Software Courses
- REDCap
- Stata
- R
For more details see our CEBU courses:
Training videos
We have developed videos to guide through what you need to know to get started in human participant research, and calculate your sample size. Find them at the Melbourne Children's Research Hub.
ViCBiostat courses
As a lead partner of ViCBiostat, CEBU contributes to the delivery of a range of short courses in advanced statistical methods, usually as part of the annual summer school.
For more details on VicBiostat short courses:
Software developed by CEBU
Stata commands
- Using the REDCap API - Github
- baselinetable: A Command for Creating one- and Two-way Tables of Summary Statistics - Sage Journals
- 'zanthro' - Standardizing Anthropometric Measures in Children and Adolescents with Functions for Egen: Update - Sage Journals
- CEBU examples of graphs and the code to generate them
R packages/functions
- R package for survival analysis with time-dependent covariates - Github
- R package for survival analysis with multiple causes of death - Github
- R function medRCT: Estimating mediation effects that emulate a target randomized controlled trial (RCT)
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and templates
Statistics
- Statistical Analysis Plan template (trials) – Figshare
- Statistical Analysis Plan template (observational studies) – Figshare
- Good Stata Programming SOP – Figshare
Data management
- Data Management Plan
- REDCap Project User Management SOP Trial – Figshare
- REDCap Project User Management SOP Non-Trial – Figshare
- REDCap Project Change Control SOP – Figshare
- REDCap Project Change Control SOP: Non-Trial – Figshare
- Template for data cleaning guidance and SOP – Figshare
Trials
Data science journal club
CEBU runs a monthly journal club/discussion forum that seeks to bring together data analysts/scientists from across the Melbourne Children's campus to discuss methods for answering research questions using data. Let us know if you are a data analyst/scientist within the campus and would like to be included.
If you would like to join please contact CEBU.
Clinical trials journal club (Biostatisticians)
Joint with the University of Melbourne's Methods and Implementation Support for Clinical and Health research hub (MISCH)
The clinical trial statisticians from CEBU and MISCH have a joint journal club where they discuss advanced statistical topics related to clinical trials. This journal club is for statisticians only.
If you would like to join please contact CEBU.
Clinical trials journal club (Trialists)
Joint with the Melbourne Children's campus' Clinical Research Development Office (CRDO).
CRDO & CEBU run a bimonthly journal club/discussion forum that seeks to bring together clinical researchers to discuss issues around trial design and trial methodology. If you are a clinician within the Melbourne Children's campus (RCH/UoM Department of Paediatrics or MCRI) and are interested in learning more about designing trials this is the journal club for you.
You can join by sending a request email to show email address
Statistical analysts forum
The aim of the CEBU Statistical Analyst Forum is to connect statistical analysts across the Melbourne Children's campus in a space where statistical analysis matters can be discussed with CEBU experts and peers. All methodological problems, no matter how trivial they may sound, are welcome.
If you have any questions about this forum or would like to be added to the mailing list, please contact us:
Ghazaleh Dashti, Biostatistician
Email:
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Contact us
If you have any queries, please email us: show email address
Note: More specific help and support are available to researchers based at the Melbourne Children’s campus.
More information
- Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit (CEBU) group
- Learn about our methodological research as a lead node of ViCBiostat
- Clinical Research Development Office (CRDO)
- Melbourne Children’s LifeCourse Initiative
- Australian Clinical Trials Alliance - Statistics in Trials Interest Group (ACTA-STInG)
- Methods and Implementation Support for Clinical and Health Research Hub (MISCH)
- VCCC Alliance - INvestigator-initiated trials