The significance of statistical significance

Dyer, Ian

doi:10.1016/s0964-3397(97)80408-9

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“…Furthermore statistics can only indicate the probability of obtaining a given result. They provide no information as to the importance of that result (Dyer 1997). To date no other research relating to temperature accuracy has attempted to incorporate this in their study.…”

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Temperature measurement: comparison of non‐invasive methods used in adult critical care

Farnell¹,

Maxwell²,

Tan³

et al. 2005

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Temperature measurement: comparison of non‐invasive methods used in adult critical care

Farnell¹,

Maxwell²,

Tan³

et al. 2005

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…The discussion of study findings in pain research is frequently limited to reporting whether there is a statistically significant difference in mean scores among treatment groups. However, it has long been recognized that a statistically significant finding may have little practical value (42,43). If research using these measurement tools is intended to affect a change in practice, several questions warrant consideration.…”

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Interpreting the Meaning of Pain Severity Scores

Hodgins

2002

Pain Research and Management

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Poor pain management practices are generally discussed in terms of barriers associated with the patient, clinician and/or health care organization. The impact of deficiencies in the tools that are used to measure pain are seldom addressed. Three factors are discussed that complicate the measurement of pain: the nature of pain, the lack of meaning associated with scores generated by pain scales, and treatment goals that lack specificity and are not linked to patients' pain scores. The major premise presented in the present article is that the utility of pain measurement is limited because health care professionals do not have a common understanding of the meaning of scores generated by pain measurement tools, especially within the acute care setting. To address this issue, approaches to establishing instrument validity need to be broadened to include the examination of the meaning and consequences of these measurements within a specific context. Substantive improvements in pain management are unlikely to occur until criteria are identified to link explicitly the scores generated by pain measurement tools to treatment goals.

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The widespread misinterpretation ofp-values as error probabilities

Hubbard

2011

Journal of Applied Statistics

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The significance of statistical significance

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Temperature measurement: comparison of non‐invasive methods used in adult critical care

Temperature measurement: comparison of non‐invasive methods used in adult critical care

Interpreting the Meaning of Pain Severity Scores

The widespread misinterpretation ofp-values as error probabilities

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