Probability, clinical decision making and hypothesis testing

Few clinicians grasp the true concept of probability expressed in the ‘P value.’ For most, a statistically significant P value is the end of the search for truth. In fact, the opposite is the case. The present paper attempts to put the P value in proper perspective by explaining different types of p...

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Autores principales: Banerjee, A., Jadhav, S. L., Bhawalkar, J. S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Statistics without Tears
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3016704/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21234167
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.57864
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description Few clinicians grasp the true concept of probability expressed in the ‘P value.’ For most, a statistically significant P value is the end of the search for truth. In fact, the opposite is the case. The present paper attempts to put the P value in proper perspective by explaining different types of probabilities, their role in clinical decision making, medical research and hypothesis testing.
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spelling pubmed-30167042011-01-13 Probability, clinical decision making and hypothesis testing Banerjee, A. Jadhav, S. L. Bhawalkar, J. S. Ind Psychiatry J Statistics without Tears Few clinicians grasp the true concept of probability expressed in the ‘P value.’ For most, a statistically significant P value is the end of the search for truth. In fact, the opposite is the case. The present paper attempts to put the P value in proper perspective by explaining different types of probabilities, their role in clinical decision making, medical research and hypothesis testing. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC3016704/ /pubmed/21234167 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-6748.57864 Text en © Industrial Psychiatry Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Probability, clinical decision making and hypothesis testing
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3016704/
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