Statistical significance and clinical significance

Statistical significance and clinical significance.

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 ...

Statistical Significance versus Clinical Significance in Clinical Trials

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...

Determining clinical significance independently from statistical significance? Implications for practice

Background In science, statistics are universally used for making an inference about a population from sample data. The purpose of statistical inference is to determine if a proposed null hypothesis can be rejected, by comparing the probability of an observation to occur under the null hypothesis (p-value) to a chosen alpha level of confidence. The null hypothesis is rejected if the p-value is ...