Use and Misuse of Statistical Methods in Cytopathology Studies: Review of 6 Journals.
Background The misuse of statistical methods in diagnostic accuracy studies has been criticized in many publications. Objective To assess the use and misuse of statistical methods in medical journal articles. Methods We reviewed 141 original articles from 6 cytopathology journals published in 2014....
| Publicado en: | Laboratory Medicine Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 8 - 16 |
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| Formato: | research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
2019
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