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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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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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author | Makin, Tamar R Orban de Xivry, Jean-Jacques |
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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. |
spellingShingle | Neuroscience Makin, Tamar R Orban de Xivry, Jean-Jacques Ten common statistical mistakes to watch out for when writing or reviewing a manuscript |
title | Ten common statistical mistakes to watch out for when writing or reviewing a manuscript |
title_full | Ten common statistical mistakes to watch out for when writing or reviewing a manuscript |
title_fullStr | Ten common statistical mistakes to watch out for when writing or reviewing a manuscript |
title_full_unstemmed | Ten common statistical mistakes to watch out for when writing or reviewing a manuscript |
title_short | Ten common statistical mistakes to watch out for when writing or reviewing a manuscript |
title_sort | ten common statistical mistakes to watch out for when writing or reviewing a manuscript |
topic | Neuroscience |
url | 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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