Reviewing scientific manuscripts: How much statistical knowledge should a reviewer really know?

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-9

  Morton, James P ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confidence interval; Sample size; Standard deviation; Statistical significance

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PEER REVIEW; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLISHING; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

EDITORIAL POLICIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLISHING; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 65649102668     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.90207.2008     Document Type: Review

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