Statistical methodology in oral and dental research: Pitfalls and recommendations

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 385-392

  Hannigan, Ailish ^a   Lynch, Christopher D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Best practice; Dental research; Errors; Misuse; Statistical methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENTAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENTAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84877578387     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdent.2013.02.013     Document Type: Article

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