A selection of additional useful resources related to statistics and data reporting. Links to external sites are being provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only
Box plot generation tool - BoxPlotR
As described in an Editorial in Nature Methods, the ubiquitous bar charts in research studies are appropriate for data comprised of counts but for the more commonly appearing sampled data it is more appropriate to use dot/scatter plots, mean-and-error plots or box plots (influenced by the number of data points available). Proper use of bar charts and box plots is discussed in Points of View: Bar charts and box plots and the design and interpretation of box plots is discussed in Points of Significance: Visualizing samples with box plots. An online plotting tool called BoxPlotR allows researchers to easily generate approriate plots for their data, including box, violin and bean plots; or, when the number of data points is insufficient, scatter plots.
Resources by other publishers
Practical guides about experimental design and statistical analysis of research data provided by other publishers. All articles were free access at the time these resources were added to this list.
The BMJ
The Lancet
ILAR Journal
