Reporting statistics in clinical trials published in Indian journals: A survey

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 212-216

  Karan, Jay ^a   Kantharia, N D ^a   Yadav, Preeti ^a   Bhardwaj, Pankaj ^b  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Era's Lucknow Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Statistics; Type 1 error

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; POST HOC ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS;

EID: 76749131670     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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