It mainly concerns comparison, outcome, subgroup, results, baseline data, number of missing participants, statistical methods and appropriateness of these methods, and others.
Depending on the study design, there were up to 21 items, including, for example, the definition of a research objective, use of randomization, control for confounding, use and reporting of adequate statistical methods and appropriateness of sample size.
Each paper was given a rating for the cataloging of applied statistics and a rating for the appropriateness of statistical usage, when possible.
The I statistic was used to determine statistical heterogeneity and the appropriateness of meta-analysis.
In comparison to the articles published in 1994, there were significantly more articles that completely cataloged applied statistics (74.3% vs 47.4%) (P <.0001), and there was a significant improvement in appropriateness of statistical usage (56.4% vs 30.3%) (P <.0001).
The appropriateness of statistical methods to be chosen for the analysis is eased with flowcharts.
Over the past several decades there has been much debate over the appropriateness of statistical versus process models (e.g., Dixon et al. 1991; Adlard 1995; Johnsen et al. 2001).
These include such elements as experimental design, selection of test methods, the care and precision in the conduct of behavioral testing, procedures to minimize bias and potential confounds, appropriateness of statistical analyses, and data interpretation.
Rather, it emerged from the imagination of novelist Allegra Goodman, whose recent book, Intuition, may scant the details of inks used in lab notebooks and the appropriateness of statistical measures but probes instead the far more complex and mysterious domain of the human mind and heart.
Appropriateness of statistical analyses was critically appraised by statisticians.
