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p value variability and subgroup testing

This article discusses the variability and randomness of p values, the most widely used currency of evidence in nutritional and health studies. One implication of this, the importance of always testing interaction terms when subgroups are examined and presented separately is also discussed. SUPPLEME...

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Autor principal: Horgan, Graham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8572204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33585951
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-021-02498-z
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spelling pubmed-85722042021-11-15 p value variability and subgroup testing Horgan, Graham Eur J Nutr Short Communication This article discusses the variability and randomness of p values, the most widely used currency of evidence in nutritional and health studies. One implication of this, the importance of always testing interaction terms when subgroups are examined and presented separately is also discussed. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00394-021-02498-z. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-02-13 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8572204/ /pubmed/33585951 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-021-02498-z Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8572204/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33585951
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