Arto Annila
Philosophy of thermodynamics
Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
given importance understanding methodical reporting statistical terminology ensuring evidencebased decisionmaking physicians possess statistical literacy purpose study distinguish statistical terminology commonly used emergency medicine methods describe changes statistical methods 2011 2021 research team chose four journals emergency medicine widely read clinically relevant academic emergency medicine american journal emergency medicine annals emergency medicine journal emergency medicine total 400 research articles included team compared overall frequencies statistical word counts well differences year 2021 vs 2011 included words 2011 totaled 31002 compared 38272 2021 unique words 2011 included 3801 compared 4291 2021 common statistical words found years models differences regressions largest increases usage included following words noninferiority npv fixed auc mixed shapiro wilk compared 2011 results showed 10 decrease p 2021 terms confidence 2 intervals 6 decreased 2011 2021 25 increase cis understanding common statistical terms trends time educational efforts targeted consumers em literature additionally work provides evidence suggesting overall improvement processes statistical methodology enhancing quality research outputs ultimately allowing better clinical decisionmaking