Healthy Skepticism Library item: 19443

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Publication type: Journal Article

Julious SA, Pyke S, Hughes S,
Best practice for statisticians in industry sponsored trials
BMJ 2011 Mar 15; 342:
http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d1636.extract

Abstract:

In light of CONSORT 2010, 1 the recently proposed best practice for statisticians in reporting industry sponsored trials should be highlighted. 2 The eight recommendations below were explained in two accompanying articles. 3 4 A forum for editors, industry, and academia to discuss the issues raised would be beneficial.

(1) The statistical author should be responsible for the statistical aspects of the paper—the authoring …