Indrayan, Abhaya2020-04-232020-04-232020-01Indrayan Abhaya. Reporting of Basic Statistical Methods in Biomedical Journals: Improved SAMPL Guidelines. Indian Pediatrics. 2020 Jan; 57(1): 43-480974-75590019-6061http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/199518Statistical methods have become an essential component of all empirical biomedical research. Science requires that these methods arefully reported with complete accuracy so that the evidence base could be fully appraised for validity, reliability, and generalizability. Tomeet this objective, Statistical Analyses and Methods in Published Literature (SAMPL) guidelines have been prepared for statisticalreporting in biomedical publications. This communication proposes substantial improvement of these guidelines to make them morecomprehensive, organized, compact, and easier to adopt.Basic statisticsGuidelinesStatistical errorsSurvival analysisJournal ArticleIndiaDepartment of Clinical Research, Max Healthcare, Saket, New Delhi, India.