STATISTICAL METHODS QUALITY AND EVALUATION OF RESULTS: A STUDY OF PUBLICATIONS IN RUSSIAN "IMMUNOLOGY" AND JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
A retrospective scientometric study of 1370 articles published in 1980-1991 in two journals (Journal of Immunology and Immunology in Rus.) was performed. Russian authors were significantly less aware about sample deviation (odds ratio (OR) 10,75; 95 % confidence interval (CI) 5,61-21,28), but significantly more often interpret results as statistically significant when low test/control rate ( ≤ 1,47) is found (OR 8,26; 95 % CI 5,62-12,16). A statistically significant association between awareness about sample deviation and rate of finding significant results for small differences was found.