Understanding statistical significance

Nursing Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-223

  Hayat, Matthew J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effect size; P value; Statistical significance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOSTATISTICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; NURSING RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROBABILITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 77952015741     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e3181dbb2cc     Document Type: Article

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