Lan-Ping Lin, Jia-Rong Yu, Jin-Ding Lin
Disparities in the level of COVID-19 health literacy and the associated factors among employees in long-term care facilities in Taiwan
BMC health services research
large number statistical fallacies occur medical research literature mostly inadvertent occur due lack understanding statistical concepts terminologies many researchers fully appreciate consequence fallacies credibility report article provides general review issues could give rise statistical fallacies focus orthopedic research based reallife literature based actual experiences author dealing medical research past three decades text teaching mode rather research mode statistical fallacies occur due inadequate sample used generalized conclusion incomparable groups presented comparable mixing two distinct groups fact require separate consideration misuse percentages means graphs incomplete reporting suppresses facts ignoring reality depending instead oversimplification forgetting baseline values affect outcome misuse computer packages use blackbox approach misuse pvalues compromises conclusions confusing correlation causeeffect interpreting statistical significance medical significance mere awareness situations statistical fallacies occur may adequate researchers sit take note trying provide credible report