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Large proportions of articles contain errors in the application, analysis, interpretation, or reporting of statistics or in the design or conduct of research.
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- Authors
- Lang, T. A., & Altman, D. G.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- ORCID
- Altman, Douglas G.
- Venue
- Guidelines for Reporting Health Research: A User's Manual
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2014-07-25
- Pages
- 264-274
- OpenAlex
- W1592010138
- Cited by
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- References
- 44
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- Language
- en
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Academic Writing and Publishing
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Keywords
- statistical methods reporting, reproducibility, statistical reporting quality
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