Statistics in brief: The importance of sample size in the planning and interpretation of medical research

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 466, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2282-2288

  Biau, David Jean ^a   Kernéis, Solen ^a   Porcher, Raphaël ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING ERROR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRATEGIC PLANNING; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; RISK;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ODDS RATIO; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 50649100178     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-008-0346-9     Document Type: Review

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