Use and misuse of p-values in designed and observational studies: Guide for researchers and reviewers

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 7 I, 2005, Pages 675-680

  Ludwig, David A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental design; Inference; Observational studies; P values; Statistics

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; CALCULATION; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVATION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL TRIALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 21644465151     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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