Objective: There is widespread evidence of the extensive use of statistical methods in medical research. Just the same, standards are generally low and a growing body of literature points to statistical errors in most medical researches. However, there is no comprehensive study contrasting the medical researches for recent practice in their use of statistics. This study is aimed to analyze the usage of statistical tools in post graduate physiotherapy and nursing researches. Method __ampersandsign Result: All ongoing post graduate physiotherapy and nursing dissertations from Dakshina Kannada district were screened for their statistical content. Types, frequencies, and complexity of applied statistical methods were systematically recorded and analyzed. There was inappropriate statistical tool selection in 44.6% of the dissertations out of the 148 screened researches and Statistical analysis was done manually in 65.6% of the researches. Conclusion: As statistical errors seem to remain common in medical researches, closer attention to statistical methodology should be seriously considered to raise standards.