Confidence intervals rather than P values: Estimation rather than hypothesis testing

British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)

Volumn 292, Issue 6522, 1986, Pages 746-750

  Gardner, Martin J ^a   Altman, Douglas G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC Clinical Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; CONFIDENCE LEVEL; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0023049334     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.292.6522.746     Document Type: Article

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