title: Statistical malpractice.
abstract: Statistical malpractice is an insidious, and indeed prestige-laden and grant-rewarded, activity. Brilliantly clever, but fundamentally wrong-headed, number-crunchers are encouraged to devise inappropriate applications of mathematical methods to health problems. This species of misdirected zealot has so far been immune from criticism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Charlton
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012586:Science / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*