Table 1 Articles that misused ANOVA from the current issues of health-related journals published by the African Journals Online

1

Afri. J. Clin. Exp. Microbiol

Continuous

6

Yes

No

Did not perform ANOVA

Adeyemi et al. (2020)

2

Afri. J. Reprod. Health

Continuous

3

Yes

Yes

One-way ANOVA

Lee et al. (2020)

3

Afri. J. Complement Altern Med

Continuous

4

Yes

No

Used t test instead of one-way ANOVA

Iikasha et al. (2019)

4

Afri. J. Urology

Continuous

3

Yes

No

Authors did not mention the type of ANOVA used

Ahmad et al. (2018)

5

Afri. J. Urology

Continuous

2

Yes

Yes

Authors did not mention the type of ANOVA used

Ali et al. (2018)

6

Alexandria J. Med

Continuous

3

Yes

Yes

Authors did not mention the type of ANOVA used

Assaad et al. (2018)

7

Alexandria J. Med

Continuous

4

Yes

Yes

Authors did not mention the type of ANOVA used

Korany et al. (2018)

8

Alexandria J. Med

Continuous

5

Yes

No

The authors did not mention the type of ANOVA used

Emara et al. (2018)

9

Alexandria J. Med

Continuous

4

Yes

Yes

Did not specify the type of ANOVA used

Khowailed et al. (2018)

10

Alexandria J. Med

Continuous

4

Yes

No

The authors did not mention the type of ANOVA they used and did not use means for ANOVA

Ephraim et al. (2018)

11

Alexandria J. Med

Continuous

4

Yes

No

The data showed sig among groups without a post hoc analysis

Sherbiny et al. (2018)

12

Alexandria J. Med

Continuous

2

Yes

No

Mentioned ANOVA though did not perform ANOVA and was not supposed to perform ANOVA

Igbigbi et al. (2018)

13

Anat. J. Afri

Continuous

2

Yes

No

Mentioned ANOVA though did not perform ANOVA and was not supposed to perform ANOVA

Idenya and Gichangi (2020)

14

Arch. Med. Biomed. Res

Continuous

3

Yes

No

Mentioned ANOVA test but authors performed chi-square test

David et al. (2018)

15

Arch. Med. Biomed. Res

Continuous

4

Yes

Yes

Authors did not mention the type of ANOVA used

Akindele et al. (2018)

16

Egyptian J. Pediatr. Allergy Immunol

Continuous

3

Yes

No

Mentioned ANOVA though did not perform ANOVA and was not supposed to perform ANOVA

Osman et al. (2019)

17

Ethiopian J. Heal. Dev

Continuous

4

Yes

Presumably yes. But the authors did not mention the post hoc

The type of ANOVA was mentioned

Han et al. (2020)

18

IJBAIR

Continuous

1

Not available

No

Wrong mention of ANOVA. Authors did not perform ANOVA

Muhammad et al. (2018)

19

IJBAIR

Continuous

5

Yes

No

Means were not used for the one-way ANOVA

Oise et al. (2018)

20

IJHPR

Continuous

4

Yes

Yes, presumably. But the authors did not mention the post hoc

The type of ANOVA test was not mentioned

Iyomon et al. (2016)

21

J. Med. Biomed. Res

Continuous

8

No

The type of ANOVA test was not mentioned

Ehwarieme and Anarado (2017)

22

Nig. J. Physiol. Sci

Continuous

3

Yes

No

Authors mentioned ANOVA but used t test

Ogunro et al. (2019)

23

Nig. J. Physiol. Sci

Continuous

4

Yes

Yes

Did not mention the type of ANOVA

Kunle-Alabi et al. (2019)

24

Nig. J. Physiol. Sci

Continuous

6

Yes

Yes

Mentioned the use of two-way ANOVA, while the authors used one-way ANOVA

Adeneye et al. (2019)

25

Res. J. Heal. Sci

Continuous

4

Yes

Yes

Did not mention the type of ANOVA

Sanni et al. (2020)

26

Res. J. Heal. Sci

Continuous

5

Yes

No

Did not perform ANOVA correctly. The means of each group was not calculated

Uduagbamen et al. (2020)

27

TJPR

Continuous

2

Yes

No

Did not perform ANOVA and was not supposed to do so but the authors mentioned it

Yuan et al. (2020)