Reviewer's report
Title:Peroxisome Proliferators-Activated Alpha Agonist Treatment Improves
Hepatic Damage in Rats with Obstructive Jaundice: An Experimental Study
Version: 5Date:29 August 2007
Reviewer: Girdhar Agarwal
Reviewer's report:
General
Referee’s Report on the paper “Prexisome Proliferators – Activated Alpha
Agnonist Treatment: Ameeliorates Hepatic Damage in Rats with Obstructive
Jaundice: An Experimental Study” by Mehmet Cindoruk and others
It looks like the authors have not understood the comments of my earlier review
completely.
1. They are supposed to be using Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric test in the
revised version as suggested by me. But I do not think that they are using it in
the right context.
2. Kruskal-Wallis test is one-way ANOVA test and is used for comparing more
than
two groups (here four groups) simultaneously. This is not done here.
3. They are making pair-wise comparisons only. For pair-wise comparison
Kruskal-Wallis test is not required. Mann-Whitney test or Median test would be
appropriate test for pair-wise comparison.
4. The comment number seven in my earlier review is not incorporated.
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Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision
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Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore)
What next?: Accept after discretionary revisions
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
Reviewer's report
Title:Peroxisome Proliferators-Activated Alpha Agonist Treatment Improves
Hepatic Damage in Rats with Obstructive Jaundice: An Experimental Study
Version: 5Date:29 August 2007
Reviewer: Girdhar Agarwal
Reviewer's report:
General
Referee’s Report on the paper “Prexisome Proliferators – Activated Alpha
Agnonist Treatment: Ameeliorates Hepatic Damage in Rats with Obstructive
Jaundice: An Experimental Study” by Mehmet Cindoruk and others
It looks like the authors have not understood the comments of my earlier review
completely.
1. They are supposed to be using Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric test in the
revised version as suggested by me. But I do not think that they are using it in
the right context.
2. Kruskal-Wallis test is one-way ANOVA test and is used for comparing more
than
two groups (here four groups) simultaneously. This is not done here.
3. They are making pair-wise comparisons only. For pair-wise comparison
Kruskal-Wallis test is not required. Mann-Whitney test or Median test would be
appropriate test for pair-wise comparison.
4. The comment number seven in my earlier review is not incorporated.
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Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision
on publication can be reached)
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Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of
a term, which the author can be trusted to correct)
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore)
What next?: Accept after discretionary revisions
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report
Title:Peroxisome Proliferators-Activated Alpha Agonist Treatment Improves
Hepatic Damage in Rats with Obstructive Jaundice: An Experimental Study
Version: 5Date:29 August 2007
Reviewer: Girdhar Agarwal
Reviewer's report:
General
Referee’s Report on the paper “Prexisome Proliferators – Activated Alpha
Agnonist Treatment: Ameeliorates Hepatic Damage in Rats with Obstructive
Jaundice: An Experimental Study” by Mehmet Cindoruk and others
It looks like the authors have not understood the comments of my earlier review
completely.
1. They are supposed to be using Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric test in the
revised version as suggested by me. But I do not think that they are using it in
the right context.
2. Kruskal-Wallis test is one-way ANOVA test and is used for comparing more
than
two groups (here four groups) simultaneously. This is not done here.
3. They are making pair-wise comparisons only. For pair-wise comparison
Kruskal-Wallis test is not required. Mann-Whitney test or Median test would be
appropriate test for pair-wise comparison.
4. The comment number seven in my earlier review is not incorporated.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision
on publication can be reached)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of
a term, which the author can be trusted to correct)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore)
What next?: Accept after discretionary revisions
Level of interest: An article of importance in its field
Quality of written English: Acceptable
Statistical review: Yes, and I have assessed the statistics in my report.
Declaration of competing interests:
I declare that I have no competing interests.
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