The Use of Statistics in Medical Research: A Comparison of “The New England Journal of Medicine” and “Nature Medicine”.

A study was conducted to examine the use of statistics in medical research. Data were obtained from analysis of original research articles in Nature Medicine, vol. 10, nos. 1–6, and The New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 350, nos. 1–26. Findings revealed that 94.5 percent of New England Journal...

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Publicado en:American Statistician Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 47 - 56
Autores principales: Strasak, Alexander M., Zaman, Qamruz, Marinell, Gerhard
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Statistical Association February 2007
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