If a little bit is wrong, how much is alright? Interpreting the significance of small numerators in clinical trials

Anaesthesia

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 249-252

  Beach, M ^a   Sites, B ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CALCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVICE FAILURE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TREATMENT FAILURE; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; METHODOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84922746703     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12980     Document Type: Review

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