Alternatives to P value: Confidence interval and effect size

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 555-562

  Lee, Dong Kyu ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Confidence intervals; Effect sizes; P value

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NULL HYPOTHESIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THINKING;

EID: 85002873125     PISSN: 20056419     EISSN: 20057563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4097/kjae.2016.69.6.555     Document Type: Article

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