Benlidayi Ilke Coskun
Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Adana, Turkey.
Mediterr J Rheumatol. 2020 Mar 31;30(4):207-215. doi: 10.31138/mjr.30.4.207. eCollection 2019 Dec.
Science and related research activities are always subject to errors. Statistical accuracy is necessary in order to overcome erroneous researching and reporting practices. The present article aimed to review the current literature on statistical errors in clinical medicine articles, and to provide rheumatologists with basic recommendations regarding the use of common statistical methods in research articles. With this purpose, PubMed/MEDLINE and Web of Science databases were searched by using relevant keywords. Data so far indicate that statistical errors are common in published articles from several disciplines of medicine. Statistics is the key element of any research activity, thus, implementing statistics at each step (hypothesis development, study design, sampling/data collection, data analysis, presentation) of every research is mandatory. In this regard, awareness of common statistical errors, basic knowledge on statistical methodology and consulting an expert in biostatistics from the beginning of the research process would be of value for rheumatologists.
科学及相关研究活动总是容易出现误差。为了克服错误的研究和报告做法，统计准确性是必要的。本文旨在综述当前关于临床医学文章中统计误差的文献，并为风湿病学家提供有关在研究文章中使用常见统计方法的基本建议。为此，通过使用相关关键词检索了PubMed/MEDLINE和科学网数据库。目前的数据表明，统计误差在医学多个学科发表的文章中很常见。统计学是任何研究活动的关键要素，因此，在每项研究的每个步骤（假设提出、研究设计、抽样/数据收集、数据分析、结果呈现）都实施统计学是必不可少的。在这方面，了解常见的统计误差、掌握统计方法的基本知识以及在研究过程一开始就咨询生物统计学专家，对风湿病学家来说是有价值的。
