Publishing research with P-values: Prescribe more stringent statistical significance or proscribe statistical significance?

Statistical significance in psychological research.

Most theories in the areas of personality, clinical, and social psychology predict no more than the direction of a correlation, group difference, or treatment effect. Since the null hypothesis is never strictly true, such predictions have about a SO-SO chance of being confirmed by experiment when the theory in question is false, since the statistical significance of the result is a function of ...

Clinical significance not statistical significance: a simple Bayesian alternative to p values.

OBJECTIVES To take the common "Bayesian" interpretation of conventional confidence intervals to its logical conclusion, and hence to derive a simple, intuitive way to interpret the results of public health and clinical studies. DESIGN AND SETTING The theoretical basis and practicalities of the approach advocated is at first explained and then its use is illustrated by referring to the interpr...

Statistical significance and clinical significance.

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...

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 ...