Statistical Analysis and Reporting Guidelines for CHEST

Michael W Kattan; Andrew J Vickers

doi:10.1016/j.chest.2019.10.064

Statistical Analysis and Reporting Guidelines for CHEST

Chest. 2020 Jul;158(1S):S3-S11. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.10.064.

Authors

Michael W Kattan¹, Andrew J Vickers²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH. Electronic address: kattanm@ccf.org.
² Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.

Abstract

Considerable heterogeneity persists in the conduct and reporting of statistical analyses in the medical literature. Authors submitting manuscripts to CHEST are encouraged to adhere to the following guidelines where possible.

Keywords: P values; design and statistical analysis; statistical reporting.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Review

MeSH terms

Guidelines as Topic*
Periodicals as Topic*
Publishing / standards*
Research Design / standards*
Statistics as Topic / standards*
Thorax

Grants and funding

P30 CA008748/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States