Commentary: The P-value, devalued

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 699-702

  Goodman, Steven ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

BAYES THEOREM; BIOMEDICINE; BIOSTATISTICS; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FISHER EXACT TEST; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0142216628     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg294     Document Type: Note

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