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Table 2 Statistical Software Mentioned in HSR Articles, 2007-2009, by Authorship

From: Statistical software applications used in health services research: analysis of published studies in the U.S

 

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

 

U.S. Authorship

Non-U.S. Authorship

Total

Total included articles

791

100.0

86

100.0

877

100.0

Included articles mentioning software (% of articles)

481

60.8

54

62.8

535

100.0

Included articles mentioning software (% distribution)

481

89.9

54

10.1

535

100.0

Total number of software mentions (% distribution)

574

90.1

63

9.9

637

100.0

Average number of software mentions per article

1.2

--

1.2

--

1.2

--

Articles in which Stata was used (% of articles)*

238

49.5

8

14.8

246

46.0

Articles in which SAS was used (% of articles)*

202

42.0

26

48.1

228

42.6

Articles in which SUDAAN was used (% of articles)*

33

6.9

0

0.0

33

6.2

Articles in which SPSS was used (% of articles)*

17

3.5

14

25.9

31

5.8

Articles in which other software was used (% of articles)*

84

17.5

15

27.8

99

18.5

  1. * Note: percentages add up to more than 100% because some articles mentioned the use of more than one statistical software application.