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Nature 443, 379 (28 September 2006) | doi:10.1038/443379b; Published online 27 September 2006
Statistical flaw trips up study of bad stats
Jim Giles
When two Spanish researchers checked the statistics in scientific papers from the BMJ and Nature in 2004, their results prompted a flurry of headlines and soul-searching for editors."Sloppy stats shame science" ran the headline in The Economist.
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