医学研究において統計的専門知識がどのように使用されているか
Douglas G Altman1, Steven N Goodman, Sara Schroter
1Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Cancer Research UK/NHS, Institute of Health Sciences, Old Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LF, England. doug.altman@cancer.org.uk
JAMA
|June 1, 2002
まとめ
統計的専門知識は医学研究において極めて重要であるが,しばしば遅れて得られ,認められていない. 研究によると,統計情報のない研究は,より高い拒絶率に直面し,出版の成功に影響を及ぼしている.
科学分野:
- 医学研究方法論 医学研究方法論
- バイオ統計学 バイオ統計学
- 科学的出版物 科学的出版物
背景:
- 医学研究における統計的専門知識の役割と頻度を調査する.
- 統計の入力と編集の決定の関係を調べる.
研究 の 目的:
- 医療研究における統計学者の関与の程度を判断する.
- 論文の承認と拒絶に対する統計的入力の影響を評価する.
主な方法:
- BMJとAnnals of Internal Medicine (2001年5月~8月) に投稿した著者の調査.
- 統計的支援,その性質,その欠如の理由に関するアンケート.
- 統計データに基づく回答率と編集結果の分析.
主要な成果:
- 75%の応答率; 73%の論文は,主に生物統計学者/流行病学者の方法論的投入を報告した.
- 統計的入力はしばしば著者関係と関連付けられていましたが,方法論家の27%はいずれも受けませんでした.
- 統計的支援のない研究は,レビューなしに拒絶される可能性が高く (71%対57%) 受け入れられる可能性が低い (7%対11%).
結論:
- 統計的入力が推奨されているが,医学研究では一貫性がない.
- 統計専門家は,プロセス (データ分析) の遅い段階で頻繁に関与し,しばしば認められていない.
- 統計的な入力がないことは,原稿のレビューと出版結果に悪影響を及ぼす可能性があります.
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