Significance, Truth and Proof of P Values: Reminders About Common Misconceptions Regarding Null Hypothesis Significance Testing

Overview

Journal Qual Life Res

Specialties Pharmacology
Rehabilitation Medicine

Date 2013 May 24

PMID 23700009

Citations 4

Authors

Mathilde G E Verdam

Frans J Oort

Mirjam A G Sprangers

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