Insights in Hypothesis Testing and Making Decisions in Biomedical Research.

Insights in Hypothesis Testing and Making Decisions in Biomedical Research.
Open Cardiovasc Med J. 2016;10:196-200
Authors: Sacha V, Panagiotakos DB
Abstract
It is a fact that p values are commonly used for inference in biomedical and other social fields of research. Unfortunately, the role of p value is very often misused and misinterpreted; that is why it has been recommended the use of resampling methods, like the bootstrap method, to calculate the confidence interval, which provides more robust results for inference than does p value. In this review a discussion is made about the use of p values through hypothesis testing and its alternatives using resampling methods to develop confidence intervals of the tested statistic or effect measure.
PMID: 27733868 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal - October 14, 2016 Category: Cardiology Tags: Open Cardiovasc Med J Source Type: research