Peer review of statistics in medical research: the other problem

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Review

Peter Bacchetti. BMJ. 2002.

. 2002 May 25;324(7348):1271-3.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7348.1271.

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0560, USA. pbacchetti@epi.ucsf.edu

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Comment in

Peer review of statistics in medical research. Journal reviewers are even more baffled by sample size issues than grant proposal reviewers.
Zwarenstein M. Zwarenstein M. BMJ. 2002 Aug 31;325(7362):491; author reply 491. doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7362.491/a. BMJ. 2002. PMID: 12202336 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Peer review of statistics in medical research. Suggested solution may partly solve other problem.
Fox M. Fox M. BMJ. 2002 Aug 31;325(7362):491. BMJ. 2002. PMID: 12211230 No abstract available.
Peer review of statistics in medical research. Reviewers' contributions should be thoughtful, constructive, and encouraging.
Barton GA. Barton GA. BMJ. 2002 Aug 31;325(7362):491. BMJ. 2002. PMID: 12211231 No abstract available.
Peer review of statistics in medical research. Rationale for requiring power calculations is needed.
Horrobin DF. Horrobin DF. BMJ. 2002 Aug 31;325(7362):491; author reply 491. BMJ. 2002. PMID: 12211232 No abstract available.
Peer review of statistics in medical research. Reporting power calculations is important.
Altman DG, Moher D, Schulz KF. Altman DG, et al. BMJ. 2002 Aug 31;325(7362):491; author reply 491. BMJ. 2002. PMID: 12211233 No abstract available.
Power is indeed irrelevant in interpreting completed studies.
Senn SJ. Senn SJ. BMJ. 2002 Nov 30;325(7375):1304. BMJ. 2002. PMID: 12458264 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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