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Review
. 1997 Aug 16;315(7105):422-5.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.315.7105.422.

How to read a paper. Statistics for the non-statistician. II: "Significant" relations and their pitfalls

T Greenhalgh  1
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Review

How to read a paper. Statistics for the non-statistician. II: "Significant" relations and their pitfalls

T Greenhalgh. BMJ. .

Abstract

It is possible to be seriously misled by taking the statistical competence (and/or the intellectual honesty) of authors for granted. Some common errors committed (deliberately or inadvertently) by the authors of papers are given in the final box.

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