Design and statistical analysis of oral medicine studies: Common pitfalls

Oral Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-241

  Baccaglini, L ^a,b   Shuster, J J ^b   Cheng, J ^b   Theriaque, D W ^b   Schoenbach, V J ^c   Tomar, S L ^a   Poole, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Epidemiology; Guideline; Methods; Public health; Statistics

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMATOLOGY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENTAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 77949637592     PISSN: 1354523X     EISSN: 16010825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2009.01634.x     Document Type: Review

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