statistical中等

The journal Science is adding an extra round of statistical checks to its peer-review process, editor-in-chief Marcia McNutt announced today.

《科学》杂志主编玛西娅·麦克纳特今天宣布，该杂志将在同行评审流程中增加一轮统计审查。

Working with the American Statistical Association, the journal has appointed seven experts to a statistics board of reviewing editors (SBoRE).

该杂志与美国统计协会合作，任命了七名专家组成统计审稿编辑委员会（SBoRE）。

“Most journals are weak in statistical review, and this damages the quality of what they publish.

“大多数期刊的统计审查都很薄弱，这损害了它们所发表内容的质量。

I think that, for the majority of scientific papers nowadays, statistical review is more essential than expert review,” he says.

我认为，对于如今的大多数科学论文来说，统计审查比专家评审更为重要。”他说。

But he noted that biomedical journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association and The Lancet pay strong attention to statistical review.

但他指出，《内科学年鉴》《美国医学会杂志》和《柳叶刀》等生物医学期刊非常重视统计审查。

Professional scientists are expected to know how to analyse data, but statistical errors are alarmingly common in published research, according to David Vaux, a cell biologist.

细胞生物学家戴维·沃克斯表示，人们期望专业科学家懂得如何分析数据，但已发表的研究中统计错误多得惊人。