Details:

Alternative Title:
Sex Transm Dis
Personal Author:
Kang, Joseph ; Hong, Jaeyoung ; Esie, Precious ; Bernstein, Kyle T. ; Aral, Sevgi
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Description:
We conducted a simulation study to illustrate that P values can suggest but not confirm statistical significance; and they may not indicate epidemiological significance (importance). We recommend that researchers consider reporting effect sizes as P values in conjunction with confidence intervals or point estimates with standard errors to indicate precision (uncertainty).
Subject:
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Computer Simulation
Confidence Intervals
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Humans
Probability
Reproducibility Of Results
Research Design
Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Source:
Sex Transm Dis. 44(8):495-497.
Pubmed ID:
28703730
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5761065
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:940d0f6402d81e9960a496dfb5a34c94cdf093fbeb0e4f4b452b162d010302b6
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