Assessment of errors and misused statistics in dental research

International Dental Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 163-167

  Kim, Jee Soo ^a,b   Kim, Dong Kie ^b   Hong, Suk Jin ^c  

^a Yonsei University College of Dentistry   (South Korea)

^b Chosun University   (South Korea)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

descriptive statistics; hypothesis test; Misused statistics; ordinal data; P value; significance level

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DENTAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79959597821     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: 1875595X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595X.2011.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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