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Statistical aspects of research methodology

✍ Scribed by Dr. G. D. Murray

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
666 KB
Volume
78
Category
Article
ISSN
0007-1323

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✦ Synopsis

Many reports in the medical literature are flawed through poor presentation of numerical results, or, more seriously, by the use of inadequate or inappropriate statistical methodology. This article expands on the more complex methodological issues. The main emphasis is on discussing key aspects of experimental design, and the idea of reporting results in terms of conjidence intervals rather than P values. 0007-1323/9 1/070777-O5 0 199 1 Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd 'chase the P value'. All of these manoeuvres make a nonsense of significance testing, which is based on the foundation of a single Br.

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