The misuse of 'no significant difference' in British orthopaedic literature

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-61

  Sexton, Shaun A ^a,b   Ferguson, N ^a   Pearce, C ^a   Ricketts, D M ^a  

^a PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data interpretation; Orthopaedic; Sample size

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ORTHOPEDICS; POWER ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; ORTHOPEDICS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 38949097067     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588408X242312     Document Type: Article

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