How to perform more advanced statistics: basics and pitfalls Graeme L. Hickey Department of Biostatistics, University of Liverpool * No conflicts of interest
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[1] https://www.biostat.wisc.edu/~kbroman/topten_worstgraphs/ [2] https://garstats.wordpress.com/2016/05/27/the-percentile-bootstrap/ • Statistical figures are for summarizing complex data • Readers will be drawn to them, so they need to be clearly presented • Label all axes – and report what is being shown
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