title: Enhancing medical education by improving statistical methodology in journal articles.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Medical journal articles often contain imprecise and inaccurate statistical methods and terminology that inhibit effective teaching and learning in medical education.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Examples are used for ten flaws dealing with research design and methods and statistical analysis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  If these inaccurate and inappropriate usages are avoided, teaching and learning in medical student and graduate medical education will be enhanced, and subsequently the health care of patients will be improved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio 45409-2902, USA. ronald.markert@wright.edu
authors.forename: Ronald J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Markert
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D058996:Quality Improvement