{"title":"Appropriate statistical methods are necessary for ethical medical research","authors":"Nicole M White, Adrian Barnett","doi":"10.1136/bmj.r3","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"As medical statisticians, we welcome revisions to the Declaration of Helsinki emphasising the importance of appropriate methods to reduce research waste.1 The declaration now states that rigorous study design and execution are essential to avoid research waste (principle 21). Thirty years ago, Doug Altman urged the medical community to conduct “less research, better research, and research done for the right reasons.” …","PeriodicalId":22388,"journal":{"name":"The BMJ","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The BMJ","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r3","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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As medical statisticians, we welcome revisions to the Declaration of Helsinki emphasising the importance of appropriate methods to reduce research waste.1 The declaration now states that rigorous study design and execution are essential to avoid research waste (principle 21). Thirty years ago, Doug Altman urged the medical community to conduct “less research, better research, and research done for the right reasons.” …