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Introduction to biostatistics: Part 3, sensitivity, specificity, predictive value, and hypothesis testing
✍ Scribed by Gary M Gaddis; Monica L Gaddis
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 654 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6760
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Because hypothesis testing yields "yes" or "no" answers, confidence intervals can be calculated to complement the results of hypothesis testing. Finally, just as some abnormal laboratory values can be ignored clinically, some statistical differences may not be relevant clinically.