How to read a paper. Statistics for the non-statistician. II: "Significant" relations and their pitfalls

BMJ. 1997 Aug 16;315(7105):422-5. doi: 10.1136/bmj.315.7105.422.

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.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Causality
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Data Interpretation, Statistical*
  • Probability
  • Regression Analysis
  • Statistics, Nonparametric