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The p-value and model specification in statistics

The p value has been widely used as a way to summarise the significance in data analysis. However, misuse and misinterpretation of the p value is common in practice. Our result shows that if the model specification is wrong, the distribution of the p value may be inappropriate, which makes the decis...

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Autores principales: Wang, Bokai, Zhou, Zhirou, Wang, Hongyue, Tu, Xin M, Feng, Changyong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6629378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31360911
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gpsych-2019-100081
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author Wang, Bokai
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description The p value has been widely used as a way to summarise the significance in data analysis. However, misuse and misinterpretation of the p value is common in practice. Our result shows that if the model specification is wrong, the distribution of the p value may be inappropriate, which makes the decision based on the p value invalid.
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spelling pubmed-66293782019-07-29 The p-value and model specification in statistics Wang, Bokai Zhou, Zhirou Wang, Hongyue Tu, Xin M Feng, Changyong Gen Psychiatr Biostatistical Methods in Psychiatry The p value has been widely used as a way to summarise the significance in data analysis. However, misuse and misinterpretation of the p value is common in practice. Our result shows that if the model specification is wrong, the distribution of the p value may be inappropriate, which makes the decision based on the p value invalid. BMJ Publishing Group 2019-07-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6629378/ /pubmed/31360911 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gpsych-2019-100081 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6629378/
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