Inappropriate use of standard error of the mean when reporting variability of study samples: A critical evaluation of four selected journals of obstetrics and gynecology

Objective: The study was designed to investigate the frequency of misusing standard error of the mean (SEM) in place of standard deviation (SD) to describe study samples in four selected journals published in 2011. Citation counts of articles and the relationship between the misuse rate and impact f...

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Published in:	Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Main Authors:	Wen-Ru Ko, Wei-Te Hung, Hui-Chin Chang, Long-Yau Lin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2014-03-01
Subjects:	impact factor prescriptive statistics standard deviation standard error of the mean variability of study sample
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1028455914000084