A study of maternal reports of childhood injuries that result in hospital attendance or admission: do they match National Health Index database records?
XI 1: Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 1.1.1 Childhood injuries – the New Zealand context 3 1.2 Statement of the Problem 3 1.3 Statement of Purpose 5 1.3.1 The context for the study 5 1.3.2 State research question 6 1.3.3 Study aims 6 1.4 Significance of Research 7 1.4.1 Potential benefits to childhood research 7 1.4.2 Study delimitations 8 1.5 Thesis Structure Chapter Overview 9 2: Literature Review 11 2.
Objective To supply reference for appropriate application of statistics in medical paper preparation.Methods Statistics misapplication problems in research design,material description and analysis in medical papers were summarized.Results Statistics misapplication problems mainly included that ① the randomization,control,replication and equalization principles were violated,② the material description was not appropriate,③ statistical methods were misused regardless of the characteristics of the data and ④ statistical and practical meanings were confused in results explanation. Items that should be noted and the countermeasures in medical paper preparation were presented.Conclusion Statisticcs misapplication commonly exists in medical papers. Medical researchers should strengthen the learning on statistic theory and improve the ability of transforming the practical issues into the statistical issues.