How to report statistics in medicine : annotated guidelines for authors, editors, and reviewers / Thomas A. Lang, Michelle Secic ; with a foreword by Edward J. Huth.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A note to the reader -- Forward -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Differences between clinical and statistical significance -- Pt.1. Annotated guidelines for reporting statistical information -- Asking questions and finding answers: reporting research designs and activities -- Summarizing data: reporting data and descriptive statistics -- Generalizing from a sample to a population: reporting estimates and confidence intervals -- Comparing groups: I. reporting P values -- Comparing groups: II. the multiple testing problem -- Testing for relationships: reporting association and correlation analyses -- Analyzing multiple variables: I. reporting regression analyses -- Analyzing multiple variables: II. reporting analysis of variance (ANOVA) -- Assessing time-to-an-event as an endpoint: reporting survival analyses -- Determining the presence or absence of disease: reporting the characteristics of diagnostic tests -- Combining the results of several studies: reporting the results of meta-analyses -- Weighing the costs and consequences of treatment: reporting the results of economic evaluations -- Considering medical risks and patient preferences: reporting decision analyses and clinical practice guideslines -- Considering "prior probabilities":reporting Bayesian statistical analyses -- From reseach results to decision-making: reporting outcomes in clinically applicable terms -- Pt.2. Guide to statistical terms and tests -- Pt.3. An unannotated, referenced list of the guidelines -- Pt.4. Appendices -- Appn.1. Checklists for reporting clinical trials -- Appn.2. Mathematical symbols and notation -- Appn.3. Rules for presenting numbers in text -- Appn.4. Spelling of statistical terms and texts -- Bibliography -- Index.