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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Published in:	American Statistician Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 47 - 56
Main Authors:	Strasak, Alexander M., Zaman, Qamruz, Marinell, Gerhard
Format:	Article
Published:	American Statistical Association February 2007
Subjects:	Nature Medicine (Periodical) New England Journal of Medicine, The (Periodical) Statistical errors Medical research methodology Statistical methods in medical research
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