Korean Journal of Oriental Medicine (한국한의학연구원논문집)
- Volume 14 Issue 2
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- Pages.87-91
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- 2008
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- 1229-3377(pISSN)
An Assessment of Statistical Validity of Articles Published in "Korean Journal of Oriental Medicine"-from 1995 to 2007
한국한의학연구원 논문의 통계적 오류에 관한 연구
- Kang, Kyung-Won (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
- Kim, No-Soo (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
- Yoo, Jong-Hyang (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
- Kang, Byung-Gab (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
- Ko, Mi-Mi (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine) ;
- Choi, Sun-Mi (Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine)
- Published : 2008.08.30
Abstract
Background and Purpose: The purpose of this study was investigate statistical validities of previously reported articles that used various statistical techniques such as t-test and analysis of variance. Methods: To analyze the statistical procedures, 66 original articles using those statistical methods were selected from "Korean Journal of Oriental Medicine(KJOM)" published from 1995 to 2007. Results: Twenty-one articles(32%) did not report correct p-values, 33 articles(50%) used mean