Quality of reporting statistics in two Indian pharmacology journals

Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 85-89

  Jaykaran, ^a   Yadav, Preeti ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Inappropriate statistics; Indian Journals; Pharmacology

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FISHER EXACT TEST; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FRIEDMAN TEST; INDIA; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MCNEMAR TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANK SUM TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH PRIORITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 84856501785     PISSN: 0976500X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.81897     Document Type: Article

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