Shiny apps for research

• Lung-boneMets Tool:
  • Companion online app for Yap WK, Shih MC, Kuo C, et al. Development and Validation of a Nomogram for Assessing Survival in Patients With Metastatic Lung Cancer Referred for Radiotherapy for Bone Metastases. JAMA Network Open. 2018;1(6):e183242. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.3242
  • Provides survival prediction for metastatic lung cancer patients referred for radiotherapy for bone metastases

Shiny apps for teaching in biostatistics

• Effect measures for binary outcomes:
  • Demonstration of the relationship between odds ratio, risk ratio, risk difference and number needed to treat / harm under different baseline risks
• Sampling distribution and central limit theorem:
  • Demonstration of the sampling distribution of sample mean, variance and standard deviation under different population distributions
  • Shows central limit theorem at work, and how population distribution affects speed of convergence.

Course materials

• Graduate-level biostatistics

• Undergraduate-level biostatistics (Forthcoming)

• Calculus