Of Statistical Significance: “Trends” Toward Significance and Optimism Bias

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Statistical and Practical Significance of Articles at Sports Biomechanics Conferences

Background. The importance of using statistical approaches has increased and became necessary for researchers and specialists in sports biomechanics because they need more objective and accurate methods to increase knowledge. Objectives. Evaluate the reality of using practical significance in the articles published in scientific conferences in the biomechanical sport. Methods. One hundred twe...

Statistical significance and clinical significance.

Publication bias and the chase for statistical significance.

Most published research findings are false according to Ioannidis. As social animals, we are attracted, sometimes irresistibly, towards accepting sensational positive results and inclined to dismiss the negative ones ---which may be just as important. We have also come to believe that the reliability of a result in medical research, including optometry and ophthalmology, should be expressed sol...

The clinical significance of statistical significance.

Modern clinical trials provide the evidence for most therapeutic advances, and that evidence, expressed in a statistical format, is used to draw inferences about a population from the study's results. Clinician judgment translates these inferences for best individual patient care, but many clinicians struggle with the statistical interpretation of trial results. This review provides a clinical ...