Statistical and clinical significance, and how to use confidence intervals to help interpret both

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-97

  Fethney, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical; Confidence intervals; Significance; Statistical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS;

EID: 77952104438     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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