Top

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®

Published in:

01-01-2012 | In Brief

Statistics In Brief: When to Use and When Not to Use a Threshold P Value

Author: Bruno Falissard, MD, PhD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 1/2012

Excerpt

Hypothesis tests are statistical tools designed to help investigators control the risk that is taken when making inferences or basing decisions on probabilistic data. Although these tools are easy to implement in practice, they are conceptually more complex than generally is assumed [3, 5]. Statistical tests of an hypothesis can be presented according to two different theoretical frameworks: the Neyman-Pearson approach, which uses a threshold probability value, and the Fisher approach, which does not. …

Bolstad WM. Introduction to Bayesian Statistics. ed 2. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley; 2007.CrossRef

Georgetown University Department of Psychology. Available at: http://psychology.georgetown.edu/resources/researchmethods/statistics/8315.html. Accessed August 24, 2011.

Goodman SN. P values, hypothesis tests, and likelihood: implications for epidemiology of a neglected historical debate. Am J Epidemiol. 1993;137:485-496.PubMed

Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper: statistics for the non-statistician. II: “Significant” relations and their pitfalls. BMJ. 1997;315:422–425.PubMedCrossRef

Lehman EL. The Fisher, Neyman-Pearson theories of testing hypotheses: one theory or two? J Am Stat Assoc. 1993;88:1242–1249.CrossRef

Wikipedia contributors. Neyman–Pearson lemma. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia; Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Neyman%E2%80%93Pearson_lemma&oldid=424348004. Accessed August 24, 2011.

Title: Statistics In Brief: When to Use and When Not to Use a Threshold P Value
Author: Bruno Falissard, MD, PhD
Publication date: 01-01-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 1/2012
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-011-2090-9

Keynote webinar | Spotlight on medication adherence

Springer Medicine

Statistics In Brief: When to Use and When Not to Use a Threshold P Value

Excerpt

Keynote webinar | Spotlight on medication adherence

Springer Medicine

Excerpt

Please log in to get access to this content

Other articles of this Issue 1/2012

Can Tantalum Cones Provide Fixation in Complex Revision Knee Arthroplasty?

50 Years Ago in CORR: Recurrent Dislocating Patella: A Long-Term Follow-up Study James B. Jones, MD, Kenneth C. Francis, MD, John R. Mahoney, MD CORR 1961;20:230–240

All-polyethylene and Metal-backed Tibial Components Are Equivalent With BMI of Less Than 37.5

Revision Surgery for Patellofemoral Problems: Should We Always Resurface?

Unicompartmental Versus Total Knee Arthroplasty Database Analysis: Is There a Winner?

Polyethylene Quality Affects Revision Knee Liner Exchange Survivorship