Research methodology in dentistry: Part II — The relevance of statistics in research

The lifeline of original research depends on adept statistical analysis. However, there have been reports of statistical misconduct in studies that could arise from the inadequate understanding of the fundamental of statistics. There have been several reports on this across medical and dental litera...

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Autores principales: Krithikadatta, Jogikalmat, Valarmathi, Srinivasan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Invited Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3410326/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22876003
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-0707.97937
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spelling pubmed-34103262012-08-08 Research methodology in dentistry: Part II — The relevance of statistics in research Krithikadatta, Jogikalmat Valarmathi, Srinivasan J Conserv Dent Invited Review The lifeline of original research depends on adept statistical analysis. However, there have been reports of statistical misconduct in studies that could arise from the inadequate understanding of the fundamental of statistics. There have been several reports on this across medical and dental literature. This article aims at encouraging the reader to approach statistics from its logic rather than its theoretical perspective. The article also provides information on statistical misuse in the Journal of Conservative Dentistry between the years 2008 and 2011 Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3410326/ /pubmed/22876003 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-0707.97937 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Conservative Dentistry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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