Distinguishing between statistical significance and practical/clinical meaningfulness using statistical inference

Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 295-301

  Wilkinson, Michael ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HUMAN; LOGIC; SPORTS MEDICINE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

BAYES THEOREM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LOGIC; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 84894620577     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-013-0125-y     Document Type: Review

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