Pragmatic statistical issues in biological research: Introduction to special series

J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2019 Aug:133:211-213. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2018.03.013. Epub 2018 Mar 24.

Abstract

This is the introduction to a series of articles will be published over the next year in JMCC on statistical issues which commonly arise in types of studies published in the journal. Each article will cover a specific statistical topic and be prefaced with a typical related question that is likely to arise in laboratory and biomedical studies. There will be a discussion of the underlying statistical concepts followed by several websites which may be used to perform the relevant analysis on data.

Keywords: Comparisons; Power analyses; Quantitative analysis; Reproducibility; Statistics.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biomedical Research / methods*
  • Biostatistics / methods*
  • Data Interpretation, Statistical
  • Humans
  • Random Allocation
  • Reproducibility of Results