Common statistical and research design problems in manuscripts submitted to high-impact medical journals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To assist educators and researchers in improving the quality of medical research, we surveyed the editors and statistical reviewers of high-impact medical journals to ascertain the most frequent and critical statistical errors in submitted manuscripts.

Findings

The Editors-in-Chief and statistical reviewers of the 38 medical journals with the highest impact factor in the 2007 Science Journal Citation Report and the 2007 Social Science Journal Citation Report were invited to complete an online survey about the statistical and design problems they most frequently found in manuscripts. Content analysis of the responses identified major issues. Editors and statistical reviewers (n = 25) from 20 journals responded. Respondents described problems that we classified into

SUBMITTER: Fernandes-Taylor S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3224575 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature