Inappropriate Statistical Analysis and Reporting in Medical Research: Perverse Incentives and Institutional Solutions

doi:10.7326/M18-2516

Editorial

. 2018 Oct 16;169(8):577-578.

doi: 10.7326/M18-2516. Epub 2018 Oct 9.

Inappropriate Statistical Analysis and Reporting in Medical Research: Perverse Incentives and Institutional Solutions

A Russell Localio¹, Catharine B Stack², Anne R Meibohm², Eric A Ross³, Eliseo Guallar⁴, John B Wong⁵, John E Cornell⁶, Michael E Griswold⁷, Steven N Goodman⁸

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¹ University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (A.R.L.).
² American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (C.B.S., A.R.M.).
³ Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (E.A.R.).
⁴ Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (E.G.).
⁵ Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts (J.B.W.).
⁶ University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas (J.E.C.).
⁷ University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi (M.E.G.).
⁸ Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California (S.N.G.).

PMID: 30304363
DOI: 10.7326/M18-2516

Editorial

Inappropriate Statistical Analysis and Reporting in Medical Research: Perverse Incentives and Institutional Solutions

A Russell Localio et al. Ann Intern Med. 2018.

. 2018 Oct 16;169(8):577-578.

doi: 10.7326/M18-2516. Epub 2018 Oct 9.

Authors

A Russell Localio¹, Catharine B Stack², Anne R Meibohm², Eric A Ross³, Eliseo Guallar⁴, John B Wong⁵, John E Cornell⁶, Michael E Griswold⁷, Steven N Goodman⁸

Affiliations

¹ University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (A.R.L.).
² American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (C.B.S., A.R.M.).
³ Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (E.A.R.).
⁴ Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (E.G.).
⁵ Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts (J.B.W.).
⁶ University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas (J.E.C.).
⁷ University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi (M.E.G.).
⁸ Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California (S.N.G.).

PMID: 30304363
DOI: 10.7326/M18-2516

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