An Illustration of Errors in Using the P Value to Indicate Clinical Significance or Epidemiological Importance of a Study Finding

Kang, Joseph; Hong, Jaeyoung; Esie, Precious; Bernstein, Kyle T.; Aral, Sevgi

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An Illustration of Errors in Using the P Value to Indicate Clinical Significance or Epidemiological Importance of a Study Finding

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Aug 2017
By Kang, Joseph ; Hong, Jaeyoung ; Esie, Precious ; ...

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Alternative Title:

Sex Transm Dis
Personal Author:

Kang, Joseph ; Hong, Jaeyoung ; Esie, Precious ; Bernstein, Kyle T. ; Aral, Sevgi
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).
Subjects:

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
Volume:

44
Issue:

8
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CDC Public Access
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urn:sha256:940d0f6402d81e9960a496dfb5a34c94cdf093fbeb0e4f4b452b162d010302b6
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/50852/cdc_50852_DS1.pdf
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