Title :
Multiple comparisons and the p-value in evaluation
Author :
Peterson, Margaret G E
Author_Institution :
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Based Medical Systems, 1999. Proceedings. 12th IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Stamford, CT
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0234-2
DOI :
10.1109/CBMS.1999.781285
