Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A biostatistician who designed the analytic plan and ran all primary analyses, listed as an author under CRediT 'Formal analysis'
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A 10-minute conversation about which t-test to use is statistical advice but typically below the threshold for named credit
Editorial commentary
Where the statistical contribution rises to substantive intellectual input (designed the analysis, chose the methods, ran the models), authorship is warranted under most criteria; where it is bounded advice on a specific question, named acknowledgement is appropriate. CRediT distinguishes ‘Formal analysis’ from ‘Methodology’ to clarify the role.
References
- NISO CRediT Standard (ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022)
- American Statistical Association Ethical Guidelines (2018)
Also known as
Statistical advice · Biostatistical consultancy
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
xml
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