Tyranny of the p-Value: The Conflict between Statistical Significance and Common Sense

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 534-536

  Barnett, Michael L ^a   Mathisen, Annette ^a  

^a Data Management of a Multinational Consumer Health Products Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL TRIALS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030639069     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00220345970760010201     Document Type: Editorial

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