• DocumentCode
    3017779
  • Title

    Multiple comparisons and the p-value in evaluation

  • Author

    Peterson, Margaret G E

  • Author_Institution
    Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    260
  • Lastpage
    263
  • Abstract
    When evaluating a technique or tool, multiple comparisons are usually made. Physically this is extremely easy with modern computers. Interpretation can be another question. This is an important situation with respect to the observed p-value or level of statistical significance. The evaluation of questions for medical research demonstrates the problems which arise
  • Keywords
    medical computing; statistical analysis; medical research; p-value; statistical significance; technique evaluation; Hospitals; Legged locomotion; Physics computing; Reproducibility of results; Surgery; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer-Based Medical Systems, 1999. Proceedings. 12th IEEE Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Stamford, CT
  • ISSN
    1063-7125
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-0234-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CBMS.1999.781285
  • Filename
    781285
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3017779