Significance levels

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This cartoon by Hywel Williams says: Don’t be lured into believing that a treatment is worthwhile because research has generated impressive p values.

• Format Cartoons
• Language/s English
• Target Audience Further education
• EBM Stage 3 - Appraising evidence
• Duration <5 mins

Key Concepts addressed

• 2-3g Statistical significance is not the same as importance

Details

Do not be fooled by the love of numbers and statistical significance.

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