@article { author = {Shahravan, Arash and Baneshi, Mohammad Reza}, title = {Statistics for dental researchers; part 1: Introduction}, journal = {Journal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology}, volume = {1}, number = {1}, pages = {1-2}, year = {2012}, publisher = {Kerman University of Medical Sciences}, issn = {2322-1372}, eissn = {2322-1372}, doi = {}, abstract = {Learning statistics is a necessity for dental researchers. Due to daily dental science expansion, dental researchers have to study new papers in recent dental journals to remain up to date. On the other hand, knowing principles of statistics helps better understanding of the articles. Some authors revealed that knowledge of dentists about basic topics of statistics was poor. Therefore, in this series of articles, we will discuss some statistical topics as self-learning tool.}, keywords = {Dental researcher,statistics,Epidemiology}, url = {https://johoe.kmu.ac.ir/article_84754.html}, eprint = {https://johoe.kmu.ac.ir/article_84754_df4499147dce86c744ce1350f28294ae.pdf} }