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Good practice in statistical reporting for Family Practice
Institute of Health Sciences Education, Queen Mary, University of London, 2 Newark Street, London E1 2AT, UK
Email: s.eldridge@qmul.ac.uk.
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Good research depends not only on good ideas. The research must also be conducted, analysed and reported well. At Family Practice, we aim to publish high-quality reports of high-quality research. For publications based on quantitative studies, one important element of good reporting is reporting statistical aspects of the study correctly. In this editorial, we discuss a number of important factors that lead to a report which we consider to be statistically sound.
Guidance for reporting quantitative studies has mostly focused on randomized controlled trials, for example, in the CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) statement,1 and more recently an extended statement for cluster randomized trials.2 Randomized
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