A shift from significance test to hypothesis test through power analysis in medical research

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 148-150

  Singh, G ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Effect size; Power calculation; Significance level; Type II error

Indexed keywords

EFFECT SIZE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POWER ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PROBABILITY THEORY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 33646574249     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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