Journal article
Consequences of relying on statistical significance: some illustrations
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Background Despite regular criticisms of null hypothesis significance testing (NHST), a focus on testing persists, sometimes in the belief to get published and sometimes encouraged by journal reviewers. This paper aims to demonstrate known key limitations of NHST using simple nontechnical illustrations. Design The first illustration is based on simulated data of 20,000 studies that compare two groups for an outcome event. The true effect size (difference in e... Expand abstract
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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(Preview, Accepted manuscript, pdf, 448.4KB, Terms of use)
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1111/eci.12912
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Journal:
- European Journal of Clinical Investigation More from this journal
- Volume:
- 48
- Issue:
- 5
- Article number:
- e12912
- Publication date:
- 2018-02-13
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-02-13
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1365-2362
- ISSN:
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0014-2972
- Pmid:
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29438579
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English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:825017
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uuid:97bdf8a3-2144-4b68-a107-929620722732
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pubs:825017
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825017
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2018-02-19
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- Copyright holder:
- Stichting European Society for Clinical Investigation Journal Foundation
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2017 Stichting European Society for Clinical Investigation Journal Foundation. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Wiley at: https://doi.org/10.1111/eci.12912
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