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27 free tools

Free research tools for students, academics and systematic reviewers: sample size, odds ratios, diagnostic accuracy, effect sizes, meta-analysis helpers, PRISMA diagrams, DOI and citation tools, and data screening.

Research & Academic Tools – Statistics, references and evidence synthesis.

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Sample Size Calculator

Sample sizes for prevalence studies, means, proportions, case-control, cohort studies and RCTs.

Odds Ratio Calculator

Odds ratio with confidence interval, z-test and Fisher's exact p from a 2×2 table.

DOI Extractor

Extract, clean and deduplicate DOIs from reference lists and flag malformed ones.

PMID Extractor

Extract PubMed IDs from text and links, remove duplicates and open them in PubMed.

Missing Data Checker

Count and chart missing values per variable and find incomplete rows in a dataset.

Outlier Detector

Flag outliers with the IQR rule, z-scores or modified z-scores without deleting data.

Normality Checker

Shapiro–Wilk test, skewness, kurtosis, histogram and Q–Q plot for your data.

  • How to Use Sample Size Calculator

    Calculate sample size for prevalence surveys, means, two proportions, case-control, cohort studies and RCTs, with power, dropout and design effect.

  • How to Use Odds Ratio Calculator

    Calculate the odds ratio from a 2×2 table with Woolf confidence interval, z-test and Fisher’s exact p-value, for case-control studies and more.

  • How to Use Relative Risk Calculator

    Calculate relative risk, risk difference, absolute and relative risk reduction and NNT with confidence intervals from cohort or trial 2×2 data.

  • How to Use Diagnostic Accuracy Calculator

    Calculate sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, likelihood ratios, accuracy, Youden index and diagnostic odds ratio with 95% CIs from a 2×2 table.

  • How to Use NNT / NNH Calculator

    Calculate the number needed to treat or harm, absolute and relative risk reduction, from event counts or rates, with Altman’s confidence interval.

  • How to Use 2×2 Contingency Table Calculator

    Analyse a 2×2 table with Pearson and Yates chi-square, Fisher’s exact test, odds ratio, relative risk, risk difference and expected counts.

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