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Why we need confidence intervals.
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The estimation approach to statistical analysis aims to quantify the effect of interest as an "estimate" of a clinically relevant quantity and to quantify the uncertainty in this estimate by means of a confidence interval (CI). As such, results expressed in this form are much more informative than results presented just as p values. This article focuses on the principles rather than the mathematics of CIs and discusses interpretation of CIs and some common misuses. CIs can be constructed for ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- 10.1007/s00268-005-7911-0
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Bibliographic Details
- Journal:
- World journal of surgery
- Volume:
- 29
- Issue:
- 5
- Pages:
- 554-556
- Publication date:
- 2005-05-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1432-2323
- ISSN:
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0364-2313
- URN:
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uuid:68cc7ccd-2b7a-487e-8011-e83de0256e9d
- Source identifiers:
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317843
- Local pid:
- pubs:317843
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- English
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- Copyright date:
- 2005
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