UPDATE: The requirement for independent statistical analysis in industry-sponsored or industry-analyzed studies published in JAMA has been discontinued. This change was made July 10, 2013. For ...
MoreUPDATE: The requirement for independent statistical analysis in industry-sponsored or industry-analyzed studies published in JAMA has been discontinued. This change was made July 10, 2013. For industry-sponsored studies in which the statistical analysis was conducted only by statisticians employed by the sponsor, some journals, such as JAMA and several of the Archives Journals, require that data analysis be conducted by an independent statistician at an academic institution. If issues regarding the analysis should emerge, the academic institution provides an additional level of oversight independent of the commercial sponsor. This independent analysis should be conducted using the raw data set, and
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