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By Markus Heinemann

Writing a scientific paper, or the other clinical textual content, is stuffed with pitfalls which make it tough to get it authorized for e-book. This particular booklet provides functional suggestion on how you can keep away from those risks. it really is richly packed with examples, predominantly adverse ones. which show how one are usually not write a scientific paper. This publication highlights the fallibilities that manuscripts are usually vulnerable to,  Read more...

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In reality, there is no such thing as a “trend” in statistics: a result is either significant or not, and has to be denoted accordingly. ” In case of a randomization, the method is to be stated, for instance, random number tables or computer-generated randomization. The same is true for the statistical software program used, including its version. 38 Chapter 4 Good and Brief Example: “In a randomized cross-over design utilizing the Bingo randomizer all data were entered and analyzed with SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 23, 2015; IBM, Armonk, NY, USA).

This would have to be written by a different author, not by someone who has always been fonder of words than of numbers. 15 Here, only a few subjectively selected hints can be given. In order to plan a study appropriately, a power analysis is advisable, estimating the rough number of samples needed for a meaningful result. Each statistical test features some basic assumptions to be met. 05 is considered significant. 05 there is a probability of 95% or larger for the observed data to reject the given null hypothesis—which is generally taken as being a highly significant result.

The second bad example, on the other hand, contains an abbreviation which, although established, is not common usage, especially not for the reader of a surgical journal. In general, a title should be of adequate length, avoid complicated wording and abbreviations, adhere to a journal’s requirements (if existent), and give an idea of the study reported, containing the relevant information about it. ). Hypothetical good examples would be: “Tricuspid valve repair through a left postero-lateral thoracotomy” (topic-focussed), or “High serum asphalt levels extend the safe myocardial ischemic time” (result-focussed).

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