Kang Joseph, Hong Jaeyoung, Esie Precious, Bernstein Kyle T, Aral Sevgi
From the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Sex Transm Dis. 2017 Aug;44(8):495-497. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000635.
We conducted a simulation study to illustrate that P values can suggest but not confirm statistical significance; and they may not indicate epidemiological significance (importance). We recommend that researchers consider reporting effect sizes as P values in conjunction with confidence intervals or point estimates with standard errors to indicate precision (uncertainty).
我们进行了一项模拟研究,以说明P值可以提示但不能确认统计学显著性;并且它们可能无法表明流行病学意义(重要性)。我们建议研究人员考虑报告效应大小,以及结合置信区间或带标准误的点估计来表示精度(不确定性)的P值。