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The scales were highly correlated: P = 0.0001

Auteur: Peter M. Fayers

Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research | Uitgave 5/2008

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This is the first of a series of brief notes, describing some of the statistical issues encountered when reviewing submissions to Quality of Life Research—or, for that matter, to any other journal. The review process aims to catch infelicitous applications of statistics before publication, and of course it is unreasonable to expect that authors should be aware of all the issues themselves. Unfortunately, some do slip through. That stimulated the writing of this present note. …

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An even worse statistical sin is to report P = 0.0000. P-values are never zero, although they can be, say, <0.0001.

Fayers P. M., & Machin D. (2007). Quality of life: The assessment, analysis and interpretation of patient-reported outcomes (2nd ed.). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 13: 978-0-470-02452-2.

Titel: The scales were highly correlated: P = 0.0001
Auteur: Peter M. Fayers
Publicatiedatum: 01-06-2008
Uitgeverij: Springer Netherlands
Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research / Uitgave 5/2008
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-008-9351-4

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