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.