Leppink Jimmie, O'Sullivan Patricia, Winston Kal
University Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Perspect Med Educ. 2016 Dec;5(6):347-349. doi: 10.1007/s40037-016-0308-y.
The overall purpose of the 'Statistical Points and Pitfalls' series is to help readers and researchers alike increase awareness of how to use statistics and why/how we fall into inappropriate choices or interpretations. We hope to help readers understand common misconceptions and give clear guidance on how to avoid common pitfalls by offering simple tips to improve your reporting of quantitative research findings. Each entry discusses a commonly encountered inappropriate practice and alternatives from a pragmatic perspective with minimal mathematics involved. We encourage readers to share comments on or suggestions for this section on Twitter, using the hashtag: #mededstats.
“统计要点与陷阱”系列的总体目的是帮助读者和研究人员提高对如何使用统计数据以及我们为何/如何做出不当选择或解释的认识。我们希望通过提供简单的提示来改进对定量研究结果的报告,帮助读者理解常见的误解,并就如何避免常见陷阱给出明确指导。每个条目都从务实的角度讨论一种常见的不当做法及其替代方法,涉及的数学知识极少。我们鼓励读者在推特上使用#mededstats标签分享对本节的评论或建议。