Nyirongo V B, Mukaka M M, Kalilani-Phiri L V
MLW Clinical Research Programme, College of Medicine, Malawi.
Malawi Med J. 2008 Mar;20(1):15-8. doi: 10.4314/mmj.v20i1.10949.
In conducting and reporting of medical research, there are some common pitfalls in using statistical methodology which may result in invalid inferences being made. This paper is aimed to highlight to inexperienced statisticians or non-statistician some of the common statistical pitfalls encountered when using statistics to interpret data in medical research. We also comment on good practices to avoid these pitfalls.
在医学研究的开展和报告中,使用统计方法时存在一些常见的陷阱,这可能导致得出无效的推断。本文旨在向缺乏经验的统计人员或非统计人员强调在医学研究中使用统计方法解释数据时遇到的一些常见统计陷阱。我们还会对避免这些陷阱的良好做法进行评论。