Low power, type II errors, and other statistical problems in recent cardiovascular research

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 1 42-1, 1997, Pages

  Williams, John L ^a   Hathaway, Christopher A ^b   Kloster, Kaia L ^b   Layne, Benjamin H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Normality; P value; Sample size; Statistical errors; Variance

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030849673     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.273.1.h487     Document Type: Article

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