Electrocardiography misused.

The misused impact factor.

RESEARCH PAPERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE PUBLISHED IN THOUSANDS OF SCIENCE journals every year. The quality of these papers clearly has to be evaluated, not only to determine their accuracy and contribution to fields of research, but also to help make informed decisions about rewarding scientists with funding and appointments to research positions. One measure often used to determine the qua...

P-Values: Misunderstood and Misused

P-values are widely used in both the social and natural sciences to quantify the statistical significance of observed results. The recent surge of big data research has made the p-value an evenmore popular tool to test the significance of a study. However, substantial literature has been produced critiquing how p-values are used and understood. In this paper we review this recent critical liter...

Electrocardiography

Turner, O.B.E., M.A., M.D., F.R.GP., F.R.C.P.E. (Pp. viii + 155; figs. 177. 20s.) Edinburgh and London: E. & S. Livingstone, 1963. THIS book is a collection of articles on "Clinical Electrocardiography in General Practice" published by the author in the Practitioner in 1962. It is intended for those who wish to learn some of the elementary principles of a complicated subject. The value and limi...

Electrocardiography

serves as a corroborator of clinical observations, and not as the sole means of making the diagnosis, the criticism is not justified. This conclusion applies to electrocardiography that has now been established as a standard part of cardiovascular diagnosis. The publication of another edition of Dr. Maher's treatise within two years shows its popularity. The book begins with a brief resume of t...

ABC of clinical electrocardiography: Paediatric electrocardiography.