title: Ordinal scale and statistics in medical research.
abstract: A survey of the 1982 editions of 12 medical journals showed that in at least 70% of 175 papers employing ordinal measurement scales, statistical methods were used, which do, in fact, assume a more refined measurement scale. Non-parametric methods suited for analysis of ordinal data are listed.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Forrest
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Andersen
mesh_terms: D012106:Research; D013223:Statistics as Topic