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17-07-2023 | Editorial

Minimal Clinically Important Difference: don’t just look at the “p-value”

Authors: Marko Ostojic, Philipp W. Winkler, Jon Karlsson, Roland Becker, Robert Prill

Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Issue 10/2023

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Clinicians and clinical scientists often simplify statistics as much as possible and rely much on the statistical numbers. One of the authors mentors during residency explained: “Once the statistician hands you the results, just look at the p values!”. In some instance, oversimplifying helps a clinician not to get lost in the plethora of different statistical methods and numbers. On the other instance, it has a high potential leading to misleading interpretations. …

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Title: Minimal Clinically Important Difference: don’t just look at the “p-value”
Authors: Marko Ostojic
Philipp W. Winkler
Jon Karlsson
Roland Becker
Robert Prill
Publication date: 17-07-2023
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy / Issue 10/2023
Print ISSN: 0942-2056
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7347
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-023-07512-x

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