The undue influence of significant p-values on the perceived importance of study results

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 291-295

  Bhandari, Mohit ^a   Montori, Victor M ^b   Schemitsch, Emil H ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORTHOPEDICS; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 22844445223     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016470510030724     Document Type: Article

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