title: Statistical reporting in the "Clujul Medical" journal.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Medical research needs statistical analyses to understand the reality of variable phenomena. There are numerous studies showing poor statistical reporting in many journals with different rankings, in different countries. Our aim was to assess the reporting of statistical analyses in original papers published in Clujul Medical journal in the year 2014.
  
  
  METHODS
  All original articles published in Clujul Medical in the year 2014 were assessed using mainly Statistical Analyses and Methods in the Published Literature guidelines.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most important issues found in reporting statistical analyses were reduced reporting of: assumptions checking, difference between groups or measures of associations, confidence intervals for the primary outcomes, and errors in the statistical test choice or the descriptive statistic choice for several analyses. These results are similar with other studies assessing different journals worldwide.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Statistical reporting in Clujul Medical, like in other journals, have to be improved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Daniel-Corneliu
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: LeucuȚa
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Tudor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Drugan
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: AchimaȘ
keywords: Clujul Medical journal; SAMPL guidelines; biomedical research; statistical reporting