Interpreting Significance: The Differences Between Statistical Significance, Effect Size, and Practical Importance

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-54

  Kalinowski, Pawel ^a   Fidler, Fiona ^a,b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical significance; Confidence intervals; Effect size; Misconceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549120731     PISSN: 15273369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.nainr.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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