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M E D I C I N E REVIEW ARTICLE Choosing Statistical Tests Part 12 of a Series on Evaluation of Scientific Publications Jean-Baptist du Prel, Bernd Röhrig, Gerhard Hommel, Maria Blettner SUMMARY Medical knowledge is increasingly based on em- pirical studies and the results of these are Background: The interpretation of scientific articles often usually presented and analyzed with statistical requires an understanding of the methods of inferential methods. It is therefore an advantage for any physician statistics. This article informs the reader about frequently if he/she is familiar with the frequently used statistical used statistical tests and their correct application. tests, as this is the only way he or she can evaluate the Methods: The most commonly used statistical tests were statistical methods in scientific publications and thus identified through a selective literature search on the correctly interpret their findings. The present article