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Detecting poor design, erroneous analysis and misinterpretation of studies
Author(s) -
Appleton D.R.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of evaluation in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.737
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1365-2753
pISSN - 1356-1294
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2753.1995.tb00016.x
Subject(s) - interpretation (philosophy) , research design , computer science , risk analysis (engineering) , management science , medicine , data science , engineering , statistics , mathematics , programming language
To detect bad research in published articles, it is necessary to know what to look for. Some examples of the types of poor study design, inappropriate analyses and pitfalls of interpretation which can occur are presented.