re: st: Error bars

[David Airey <david.airey@vanderbilt.edu>]

> Graphical depiction of error bars has been
> the subject of various threads on this list.
>
> Whatever your views, a letter in today's _Nature_
>
> Vaux, D.A. 2004. Error message. Nature 428, 799
>
> may be of interest.
>
> The full text should be accessible to you via
> http://www.nature.com,
> clicking on "Table of contents", etc.
> For copyright reasons, I'll not reproduce it
> here. Note that this material is transient,
> as _Nature_ is a weekly, so if this might interest
> you, do it now.
>
> Nick
> n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk

I'm not surprised.

Reporting of statistical results in biological sciences in Nature and 
Science is often incomplete.

In the USA, the APA makes it more clear to researchers what is expected 
of them when reporting on statistical results in the area of 
Psychology:

http://www.apa.org/books/4200060.html

A similar guide needs to be available for the biological sciences if 
they don't want to use the APA's guide. I'm unaware of one. Certainly 
Medicine must have one? Please inform me if you know what I don't.

-Dave


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