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BMJ. 1997 August 16; 315(7105): 422–425.
PMCID: PMC2127270
How to read a paper. Statistics for the non-statistician. II: "Significant" relations and their pitfalls.
T. Greenhalgh
Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College London Medical School/Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, Whittington Hospital.
T. Greenhalgh: p.greenhalgh/at/ucl.ac.uk
Abstract
It is possible to be seriously misled by taking the statistical competence (and/or the intellectual honesty) of authors for granted. Some common errors committed (deliberately or inadvertently) by the authors of papers are given in the final box.
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