College of Medicine, University of Malawi and Medical Association of Malawi
Abstract
In conducting and reporting of medical research, there are some common
pitfalls in using statistical methodology which may result in invalid
inferences being made. This paper is aimed to highlight to
inexperienced statisticians or non-statistician some of the common
statistical pitfalls encountered when using statistics to interpret
data in medical research. We also comment on good practices to avoid
these pitfalls
