Common pitfalls in statistical analysis: “P” values, statistical significance and confidence intervals

In the second part of a series on pitfalls in statistical analysis, we look at various ways in which a statistically significant study result can be expressed. We debunk some of the myths regarding the ‘P’ value, explain the importance of ‘confidence intervals’ and clarify the importance of includin...

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Autores principales: Ranganathan, Priya, Pramesh, C. S., Buyse, Marc
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Statistics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4394578/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25878958
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-3485.154016
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spelling pubmed-43945782015-04-15 Common pitfalls in statistical analysis: “P” values, statistical significance and confidence intervals Ranganathan, Priya Pramesh, C. S. Buyse, Marc Perspect Clin Res Statistics In the second part of a series on pitfalls in statistical analysis, we look at various ways in which a statistically significant study result can be expressed. We debunk some of the myths regarding the ‘P’ value, explain the importance of ‘confidence intervals’ and clarify the importance of including both values in a paper Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4394578/ /pubmed/25878958 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-3485.154016 Text en Copyright: © Perspectives in Clinical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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