Table 2: Statistical Methods by Journal.

Statistic Ann EM AEM Am J EM JEM Total p-value

Descriptive statistics

80

(92%)

93

(83.8%)

255

(98.5%)

88

(100%)

516

(94.7%)

< 0.001

Confidence intervals

64

(73.6%)

55

(49.5%)

102

(39.4%)

39

(44.3%)

260

(47.6%)

< 0.001

Contingency tables

19

(21.8%)

37

(33.3%)

161

(62.2%)

39

(44.3%)

256

(46.9%)

< 0.001

t-Tests

7

(8%)

19

(17.1%)

136

(52.5%)

23

(26.1%)

185

(33.9%)

< 0.001

Epidemiologic statistics

28

(32.2%)

52

(46.8%)

73

(28.2%)

19

(21.6%)

172

(31.5%)

< 0.001

Non-parametric tests

11

(12.6%)

27

(24.3%)

118

(45.6%)

16

(18.2%)

172

(31.5%)

< 0.001

Regression analysis

27

(31%)

3

(2.7%)

71

(27.4%)

10

(11.4%)

111

(20.3%)

< 0.001

Power Analysis

25

(28.7%)

5

(4.5%)

43

(16.6%)

19

(21.6%)

92

(16.9%)

< 0.001

Multiway tables

2

(2.3%)

19

(17.1%)

36

(13.9%)

16

(18.2%)

73

(13.4%)

< 0.001

Non-parametric correlation

11

(12.6%)

12

(10.8%)

30

(11.6%)

13

(14.8%)

66

(12.1%)

NS

ROC curve

8

(9.2%)

1

(0.9%)

43

(16.6%)

3

(3.4%)

55

(10.1%)

< 0.001

ANOVA

6

(6.9%)

2

(1.8%)

37

(14.3%)

2

(2.3%)

47

(8.6%)

< 0.001

Survival methods

9

(10.3%)

2

(1.8%)

16

(6.2%)

4

(4.5%)

31

(5.7%)

NS

Sensitivity analysis

14

(16.1%)

3

(2.7%)

5

(1.9%)

8

(9.1%)

30

(5.5%)

< 0.001

Multiple comparisons

2

(2.3%)

3

(2.7%)

19

(7.3%)

2

(2.3%)

26

(4.8%)

NS

Pearson Correlation

1

(1.1%)

1

(0.9%)

13

(5%)

2

(2.3%)

17

(3.1%)

NS

Ann EM: Annals of Emergency Medicine, AEM: Academic Emergency Medicine, Am J EM: American Journal of Emergency Medicine, JEM: Journal of Emergency Medicine.