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University of Liverpool Centre for Medical Statistics and Health Evaluation We are pleased to announce the following one-day workshop: Unbiased Design, Error Prediction and Statistical Analysis when quantifying Biological Structures 6th June 2008 http://www.liv.ac.uk/medstats/StereoCourse_MEDR654.pdf <http://www.liv.ac.uk/medstats/StereoCourse_MEDR654.pdf> This workshop is relevant for researchers whose projects are based on the analysis of images, physical sections, tissue samples etc., to quantify geometrical properties of biological structures, such a volume, surface area, number of cells/particles, thickness, etc. The following questions will be addressed: * How to avoid bias? * How to reduce variability? * Sample size issues: number of subjects and number of observations/samples per subject * How to predict the coefficient of error? * Selecting an appropriate statistical method The aim of this workshop is to help researchers in the design and analysis of their laboratory-based projects across a wide range of disciplines, such as Neurosciences (e.g., estimation of volume and surface area of brain structures, neuron density), Ophthalmology (e.g., density of retinal cells, ocular melanoma characterization), Histopathology (e.g., placenta characterization), Cardiology (e.g., blood volume interchange during cardiac cycle, length density and thickness of blood vessels), Immunology (e.g., density of lymphocytes), etc. Contacts: Dr. Marta García-Fiñana ([log in to unmask]) for queries related to the content of the course Mrs. Kath Forrest ([log in to unmask]) for queries related to reservation and venue