Do CIs give you confidence?

Chest

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-19

  Norman, Geoffrey R ^a   Streiner, David L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EFFECT SIZE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NOTE; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 84855464720     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-2193     Document Type: Note

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