| Statistical problems in medical research. | |
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PMID: 20088069 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Many medical specialties have reviewed the drawbacks of statistical methods in medical diagnosis in specialized areas in their journals. To my knowledge this has not been done in general practice. Given the main role of a general practitioner as a biostatistician, I thought it would be of interest to enumerate statistical problems in assessing methods of medical diagnosis in general terms. In conducting and reporting of medical research, there are some common problems in using statistical methodology which may result in invalid inferences being made. This paper is aimed to highlight to inexperienced statisticians, medical practitioners and personnel as well as other non-statisticians some of the common statistical problems encountered when using statistics to interpret data in medical research. I also comment on good practices to avoid some of these problems. |
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Authors:
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U M Okeh |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: East African journal of public health Volume: 6 Suppl ISSN: 0856-8960 ISO Abbreviation: East Afr J Public Health Publication Date: 2009 Apr |
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Created Date: 2010-01-20 Completed Date: 2010-02-23 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101302040 Medline TA: East Afr J Public Health Country: Tanzania |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1-7 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Industrial Mathematics and Applied Statistics, Ebonyi State University, Nigeria. umokeh1@yahoo.com |
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Biomedical Research
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methods* Data Interpretation, Statistical* Humans Research Design / statistics & numerical data Statistics as Topic* |
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