On p-Values and Statistical Significance

Stefanos Bonovas^{1

2}, Daniele Piovani^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, 20072 Milan, Italy.
² IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, 20089 Milan, Italy.

Editorial

Stefanos Bonovas et al. J Clin Med. 2023.

. 2023 Jan 23;12(3):900.

doi: 10.3390/jcm12030900.

Stefanos Bonovas^{1

2}, Daniele Piovani^{1

2}

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, 20072 Milan, Italy.
² IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, 20089 Milan, Italy.

Abstract

At the beginning of our research training, we learned about hypothesis testing, p-values, and statistical inference [...].

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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