Linear regression reporting practices for health researchers, a cross-sectional meta-research study
Lee Jones,
Adrian Barnett,
Dimitrios Vagenas
Abstract:Background: Decisions about health care, such as the effectiveness of new treatments for disease, are regularly made based on evidence from published work. However, poor reporting of statistical methods and results is endemic across health research and risks ineffective or harmful treatments being used in clinical practice. Statistical modelling choices often greatly influence the results. Authors do not always provide enough information to evaluate and repeat their methods, making interpreting results diffic… Show more
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