The behavior of the P-value when the alternative hypothesis is true

Biometrics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-22

  Hung, H M James ^a   O'Neill, Robert T ^a   Bauer, Peter ^b   Köhne, Karl ^c  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; Phyp plot; Power; Significance

Indexed keywords

SAMPLING; STATISTICS;

ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS; META-ANALYSIS; NULL HYPOTHESIS; P-VALUES; PHYP PLOT; POWER; SAMPLE SIZES; SIGNIFICANCE; TEST STATISTICS; VALUE DISTRIBUTION;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HYPOTHESIS; META ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030950122     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2533093     Document Type: Article

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