Statistics and Journals in general

We spend a lot of time in pharmacy school learning how to analyze the validity of journals. Due to the nature of our profession, it is important to distinguish between research outcomes that do and do not have the power to change practice. Statistics are involved, but do not have as much of an influence on determining whether or not a drug works and the incidence of side effects. These things either do or do not happen. In the medical field, I would say that it is more difficult to “misuse” statistics because of the nature of the profession, and we haven’t learned this to be a common error in conducting trials.