Overlapping confidence intervals or standard error intervals: What do they mean in terms of statistical significance?

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Payton, Mark E ^a   Greenstone, Matthew H ^b   Schenker, Nathaniel ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Detectability half life; Effective dose; LD 50; Lethal dose; Predator gut analysis; Probit analysis; Standard error intervals

Indexed keywords

INSECTA;

EID: 2942733491     PISSN: 15362442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jis/3.1.34     Document Type: Article

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