P value interpretations and considerations

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2016, Pages E928-E931

  Thiese, Matthew S ^a   Ronna, Brenden ^a   Ott, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

95 confidence interval; Biostatistics; Odds ratio; P value

Indexed keywords

BIOSTATISTICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ODDS RATIO; RANDOM ERROR; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 84991200224     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2016.08.16     Document Type: Article

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