Brazilian Dental Journal | |
Use of statistical procedures in Brazilian and international dental journals | |
Gláucia Maria Bovi Ambrosano2  André Figueiredo Reis1  Marcelo Giannini1  Antônio Carlos Pereira2  | |
[1] ,UNICAMP Piracicaba School of Dentistry Department of Community DentistryPiracicaba SP ,Brazil | |
关键词: biostatistics; statistical testing; dental education; dental research; | |
DOI : 10.1590/S0103-64402004000300013 | |
来源: SciELO | |
【 摘 要 】
A descriptive survey was performed in order to assess the statistical content and quality of Brazilian and international dental journals, and compare their evolution throughout the last decades. The authors identified the reporting and accuracy of statistical techniques in 1000 papers published from 1970 to 2000 in seven dental journals: three Brazilian (Brazilian Dental Journal, Revista de Odontologia da Universidade de São Paulo and Revista de Odontologia da UNESP) and four international journals (Journal of the American Dental Association, Journal of Dental Research, Caries Research and Journal of Periodontology). Papers were divided into two time periods: from 1970 to 1989, and from 1990 to 2000. A slight increase in the number of articles that presented some form of statistical technique was noticed for Brazilian journals (from 61.0 to 66.7%), whereas for international journals, a significant increase was observed (65.8 to 92.6%). In addition, a decrease in the number of statistical errors was verified. The most commonly used statistical tests as well as the most frequent errors found in dental journals were assessed. Hopefully, this investigation will encourage dental educators to better plan the teaching of biostatistics, and to improve the statistical quality of submitted manuscripts.
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