Statistical testing against baseline

There is abundant evidence that biomedical research can be compromised by both methodologic and reporting limitations, which may lead to flawed inferences and interpretations of the findings of research studies.1-3 Statistical analyses are often inappropriately used; common errors are inadequate accounting of clustering effects, erroneous choices of statistical methods with overreliance on P values, and scarce reporting of confidence intervals.3,4

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