The Numbers Game

摘要

Over the past 50 years or so, the use of statistics has assumed ever-increasingly importance in planning, conduct, interpretation, and reporting of medical research. Clearly, the point has been reached where statistical analysis is integral and essential in all but the simplest of observational reports (eg, case reports). Thus, peer review journals such as Obstetrics & Gynecology have needed to include evaluation of statistics as an integral part of their assessment of manuscripts submitted for consideration of publication.