Negative results and the limitations of power

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 99-102

  Penington, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHICS; HYPOTHESIS; NOTE; NULL HYPOTHESIS; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 38049160222     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04368.x     Document Type: Note

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