P values vs estimates of association with confidence intervals

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-196

  Cummings, Peter ^a   Koepsell, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NOTE; NULL HYPOTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 75849144677     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.266     Document Type: Note

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