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P-value: What is and what is not

The misinterpretation and misuse of p-value have been increasing for decades. In March 2016, the American Statistical Association released a statement to warn about the use and interpretation of p-value. In this study, we provided a definition and discussion of pvalue and emphasized the importance o...

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Autores principales: Tanha, Kiarash, Mohammadi, Neda, Janani, Leila
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5804470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29445694
http://dx.doi.org/10.14196/mjiri.31.65
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spelling pubmed-58044702018-02-14 P-value: What is and what is not Tanha, Kiarash Mohammadi, Neda Janani, Leila Med J Islam Repub Iran Debate Article The misinterpretation and misuse of p-value have been increasing for decades. In March 2016, the American Statistical Association released a statement to warn about the use and interpretation of p-value. In this study, we provided a definition and discussion of pvalue and emphasized the importance of its accurate interpretation. Iran University of Medical Sciences 2017-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5804470/ /pubmed/29445694 http://dx.doi.org/10.14196/mjiri.31.65 Text en © 2017 Iran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0), which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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