Comment on The Unbearable Lightness of Difference Between Statistical and Clinical Significance

Overview

Journal Ann Surg Open

Publisher Wolters Kluwer

Specialty General Surgery

Date 2023 Aug 21

PMID 37600085

Authors

Luca Bertolaccini

Oriana Ciani

Lorenzo Spaggiari

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