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Guidelines for Statistical Reporting in Articles for Medical Journals
Amplifications and Explanations
Abstract
The 1988 edition of the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals includes guidelines for presenting statistical aspects of scientific research. The guidelines are intended to aid authors in reporting the statistical aspects of their work in ways that are clear and helpful to readers. We examine these guidelines for statistics using 15 numbered statements. Although the information presented relates to manuscript preparation, it will also help investigators in earlier stages make critical decisions about research approaches and protocols.
- clinical protocols
- clinical trials
- eligibility determination
- manuscripts, medical
- probability
- random allocation
- statistics
- blinding
- blocking
- confidence intervals
- International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
- matching
- P values
- software
- statistical methods
- stratification
- study design
- treatment complications
- Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts
- clinical protocols
- clinical trials
- eligibility determination
- manuscripts, medical
- probability
- random allocation
- statistics
- blinding
- blocking
- confidence intervals
- International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
- matching
- P values
- software
- statistical methods
- stratification
- study design
- treatment complications
- Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts
Article and Author Information
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▸From the Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Harvard University; Boston, Massachusetts; Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U. S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University; Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Grant support: in part by grant GAHS-8414 from the Rockefeller Foundation, grant S8406311 from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, and the Methods Panel of the Institute of Medicine's Council for Health Care Technology.
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▸Requests for reprints should be directed to John C. Bailar III, M.D., Ph.D.; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University School of Medicine, 1020 Pine Avenue West; Montreal, PQ, H3A 1A2, Canada.
