Statistical Methods in Medical Research is a peer reviewed scholarly journal and is the leading vehicle for articles in all the main areas of medical statistics and an essential reference for all ...

Inter-rater reliability (IRR) quantifies the consistency of measurements or classifications assigned by multiple observers to the same set of items. Central to IRR analysis is the distinction between ...

Method comparison studies aim to evaluate whether two or more measurement techniques yield sufficiently similar results to be used interchangeably. Traditional approaches such as linear regression and ...

A reproducibility crisis is ongoing in scientific research, where many studies may be difficult or impossible to replicate and thereby validate, especially when the study involves a very large sample ...

Precision oncology exploits genomic, immunologic, and other biomarkers to drive discovery, drug development, and clinical care for patients with cancer. Precision oncology helps devise individualized ...

A new statistical method provides a more efficient way to uncover biologically meaningful changes in genomic data that span multiple conditions -- such as cell types or tissues. A new statistical ...

In today’s evidence-driven world, there is increasing demand for researchers with the skills to design, conduct, and evaluate studies that help institutions and schools improve their decision-making ...

A statistical approach being used to support a new class of Alzheimer's drugs may lead to overstated claims about how the drugs work, according to a new study led by researchers at the Brown ...

Researchers have developed BayesCNA, a new method that detects cancer DNA at just 5% in blood samples, potentially improving ...