The Use and Misuse of Statistical Methods in Cytopathology Studies: Review of 6 Journals

Bahar, Burhanuddin; Pambuccian, Stefan E.; Barkan, Güliz A.; Akdas, Yasemin

doi:10.1093/labmed/lmy036

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“…19 but after that and in current times, statistical errors in medical journals are no less than before. [20][21][22][23][24][25]…”

Section: Statistical Errors In Medical Journalsmentioning

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Biostatistics: road less travelled

Dharaiya

2021

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Initially developed as a branch of mathematics, biostatistics has evolved to take important position in the field biomedical research including medicine. Currently biostatistics has been used in almost all areas of biomedical research as well as treatment and planning for heath related programmes and resource distribution. Despite being of paramount importance, biostatistics is the field which is mostly neglected by students and professionals due to various reason which can have long-term impact on education, research, treatment and health programs and policy making as well. Very few institutes are providing training in the field of biostatics and less and less scholars are taking interest in that training. Researchers have come up with newer approaches to teach the subject and they have shown encouraging results, but still its long way to statistical literacy in the medical field.

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“…19 but after that and in current times, statistical errors in medical journals are no less than before. [20][21][22][23][24][25]…”

Section: Statistical Errors In Medical Journalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Biostatistics: road less travelled

Dharaiya

2021

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…A recent study has empirically evaluated statistical quality in diagnostic pathology research [20]. Bahar et al found the majority of cytopathology studies examined were retrospective, and statistical errors and omissions were common.…”

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False-positive pathology: improving reproducibility with the next generation of pathologists

Mazer

Homer

Rimm

2019

Laboratory Investigation

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The external validity of the scientific literature has recently come into question, popularly referred to as the "reproducibility crisis." It is now generally acknowledged that too many false positive or non-reproducible results are being published throughout the biomedical and social science literature due to misaligned incentives and poor methodology. Pathology is likely no exception to this problem, and may be especially prone to false positives due to common observational methodologies used in our research. Spurious findings in pathology contribute inefficiency to the scientific literature and detrimentally influence patient care. In particular, false positives in pathology affect patients through biomarker development, prognostic classification, and cancer overdiagnosis. We discuss possible sources of non-reproducible pathology studies and describe practical ways our field can improve research habits, especially among trainees.

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“…For instance, Diong, Butler, Gandevia, and Heroux (2018) reported that in spite of published editorial advice, poor data analysis and statistical reporting are still common in published research papers. Furthermore, Bahar, Pambuccian, Barkan, and Akdas (2019) reviewed six cytopathology journals and found that only about 50% of original articles were free of statistical errors.…”

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Statistical Reporting in Nursing Research: Addressing a Common Error in Reporting of p Values (p = .000)

Zhou

Wang

et al. 2020

J of Nursing Scholarship

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The Use and Misuse of Statistical Methods in Cytopathology Studies: Review of 6 Journals

Abstract: Our assessment of use of statistical methods in this subsection of pathology demonstrated a need for improvement.

Cited by 17 publications

References 20 publications

Biostatistics: road less travelled

Biostatistics: road less travelled

False-positive pathology: improving reproducibility with the next generation of pathologists

Statistical Reporting in Nursing Research: Addressing a Common Error in Reporting of p Values (p = .000)

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