Methods Modernizing Statistical Reporting in Medical Journals: Challenges and Future Directions.

Abstract

Despite the advent of enormous computing power and the switch to the web as the primary means of reporting empirical research results, papers available online present data on a screen exactly as if it was a printed page. It is now straightforward to program analyses to create interactive figures that allow readers to hover the cursor over a graph and see numerical estimates and tables that allow presentation of data according to user-defined inputs. We recommend that interactive apps for statistical results be routinely included in the HTML versions of medical research papers or as supplementary material.