Common statistical and research design problems in manuscripts submitted to high-impact medical journals
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- 19 August 2011
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Research Notes
- Vol. 4 (1) , 304
Abstract
To assist educators and researchers in improving the quality of medical research, we surveyed the editors and statistical reviewers of high-impact medical journals to ascertain the most frequent and critical statistical errors in submitted manuscripts.Keywords
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