Ranganathan Priya, Pramesh C S, Buyse Marc
Department of Anaesthesiology, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Perspect Clin Res. 2015 Jul-Sep;6(3):169-70. doi: 10.4103/2229-3485.159943.
In clinical research, study results, which are statistically significant are often interpreted as being clinically important. While statistical significance indicates the reliability of the study results, clinical significance reflects its impact on clinical practice. The third article in this series exploring pitfalls in statistical analysis clarifies the importance of differentiating between statistical significance and clinical significance.
在临床研究中,具有统计学显著性的研究结果常常被解读为具有临床重要性。虽然统计学显著性表明了研究结果的可靠性,但临床显著性反映的是其对临床实践的影响。本系列探讨统计分析陷阱的第三篇文章阐明了区分统计学显著性和临床显著性的重要性。