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Ten common statistical mistakes to watch out for when writing or reviewing a manuscript

Inspired by broader efforts to make the conclusions of scientific research more robust, we have compiled a list of some of the most common statistical mistakes that appear in the scientific literature. The mistakes have their origins in ineffective experimental designs, inappropriate analyses and/or...

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Autores principales: Makin, Tamar R, Orban de Xivry, Jean-Jacques
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6785265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31596231
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.48175
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description Inspired by broader efforts to make the conclusions of scientific research more robust, we have compiled a list of some of the most common statistical mistakes that appear in the scientific literature. The mistakes have their origins in ineffective experimental designs, inappropriate analyses and/or flawed reasoning. We provide advice on how authors, reviewers and readers can identify and resolve these mistakes and, we hope, avoid them in the future.
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spelling pubmed-67852652019-10-10 Ten common statistical mistakes to watch out for when writing or reviewing a manuscript Makin, Tamar R Orban de Xivry, Jean-Jacques eLife Neuroscience Inspired by broader efforts to make the conclusions of scientific research more robust, we have compiled a list of some of the most common statistical mistakes that appear in the scientific literature. The mistakes have their origins in ineffective experimental designs, inappropriate analyses and/or flawed reasoning. We provide advice on how authors, reviewers and readers can identify and resolve these mistakes and, we hope, avoid them in the future. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2019-10-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6785265/ /pubmed/31596231 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.48175 Text en © 2019, Makin and Orban de Xivry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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