TY - JOUR PY - 2011// TI - Show the data, don't conceal them JO - Advances in physiology education A1 - Vowler, Sarah L. A1 - Drummond, Gordon B. SP - 130 EP - 132 VL - 35 IS - 2 N2 - Current standards of data presentation and analysis in biological journals often fall short of ideal. This is the first of a planned series of short articles, to be published in a number of journals, aiming to highlight the principles of clear data presentation and appropriate statistical analysis. This article considers the methods used to show data, in particular the value of the dot plot, and methods to summarize the distribution of values. The uses of measures such as standard deviation, standard error of the mean, and confidence intervals are contrasted.

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LA - en SN - 1043-4046 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/advan.00009.2011 ID - ref1 ER -