Too many digits: The presentation of numerical data

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 608-609

  Cole, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EFFECT SIZE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NUMERICAL DATA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ANIMAL; PUBLISHING; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84933183238     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307149     Document Type: Short Survey

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