Absence of evidence is no evidence for absence of the phenomenon
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Randomized controlled clinical trials are conducted to determine whether differences of clinical importance exist between selected treatment regimens. When statistical analysis of the study data finds a P value greater than 5%, it is convention to deem the assessed difference nonsignificant. Just because convention dictates that such study findings be termed nonsignificant, or negative, howev...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0002-9165,1938-3207
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa165