Altman D G
Medical Statistics Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, U.K.
Stat Med. 1991 Dec;10(12):1897-913. doi: 10.1002/sim.4780101206.
This paper reviews changes in the use of statistics in medical journals during the 1980s. Aspects considered are research design, statistical analysis, the presentation of results, medical journal policy (including statistical refereeing), and the misuse of statistics. Despite some notable successes, the misuse of statistics in medical papers remains common.
本文回顾了20世纪80年代医学期刊中统计方法使用的变化情况。所涉及的方面包括研究设计、统计分析、结果呈现、医学期刊政策(包括统计审稿)以及统计方法的误用。尽管取得了一些显著成效,但医学论文中统计方法的误用现象仍然普遍。