Journal article
Spurious findings
- Abstract:
- It is well recognised that data will eventually “confess” if it is interrogated enough. Provided enough variables and tests are deployed, a “statistically significant” result can usually be obtained. Consequentially, many of the “discoveries” in clinical research later transpire to be spurious findings reflecting only chance occurrences and the idiosyncrasies of the dataset and analysis strategies used, and do not reflect a real, let alone clinical useful, relationship.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Reviewed (other)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1002/bjs.10239
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- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Journal:
- British Journal of Surgery More from this journal
- Volume:
- 104
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 97
- Publication date:
- 2016-12-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-03-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1365-2168
- ISSN:
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0007-1323
- Pubs id:
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pubs:689743
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uuid:d3be5f66-1f1a-4b05-aa2d-56c3c3d5af79
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pubs:689743
- Source identifiers:
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689743
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2017-04-18
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- Copyright holder:
- BJS Society Ltd
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- © 2016 BJS Society Ltd Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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