Significance, truth and proof of p values: Reminders about common misconceptions regarding null hypothesis significance testing

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-7

  Verdam, Mathilde G E ^a   Oort, Frans J ^a   Sprangers, Mirjam A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84895063658     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0437-2     Document Type: Note

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