ArticleBMC medical research methodology2020
Why do you need a biostatistician?
Article in BMC medical research methodology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Involvement of information specialists and statisticians in systematic reviews.International journal of technology assessment in health care · 2023Review
- Essential team science skills for biostatisticians on collaborative research teams.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2023Article
- Ensconcing a biostatistics clinic in tertiary care research institute of India: A descriptive study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022Article
- Frequency of the Statistical Methods and Relation with Acceptance Period in Archives of Iranian Medicine Articles: A Review from 2015-2019.Archives of Iranian medicine · 2022Review
- Statistical advising: Professional development opportunities for the biostatistician.Statistics in medicine · 2022Article
- Most published meta-regression analyses based on aggregate data suffer from methodological pitfalls: a meta-epidemiological study.BMC medical research methodology · 2021Article
- Synthesizing the literature on physical activity among children and adolescents affected by cancer: evidence for the international Pediatric Oncology Exercise Guidelines (iPOEG).Translational behavioral medicine · 2021Review
- Sponsor-involved statistical analyses in Phase III cancer clinical trials.International journal of cancer · 2020Article
- Developing an Applied Biostatistical Sciences (ABS) network.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2020Article
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Abstract
The quality of medical research importantly depends, among other aspects, on a valid statistical planning of the study, analysis of the data, and reporting of the results, which is usually guaranteed by a biostatistician. However, there are several related professions next to the biostatistician, for example epidemiologists, medical informaticians and bioinformaticians. For medical experts, it is often not clear what the differences between these professions are and how the specific role of a biostatistician can be described. For physicians involved in medical research, this is problematic because false expectations often lead to frustration on both sides. Therefore, the aim of this article is to outline the tasks and responsibilities of biostatisticians in clinical trials as well as in other fields of application in medical research.
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