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Probability, clinical decision making and hypothesis testing

Author(s) -

Banerjee Ak,

Sudhir Jadhav,

JS Bhawalkar

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

industrial psychiatry journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 0976-2795

pISSN - 0972-6748

DOI - 10.4103/0972-6748.57864

Subject(s) - grasp , value (mathematics) , perspective (graphical) , p value , medical decision making , statistical hypothesis testing , clinical decision making , psychology , computer science , statistics , medicine , artificial intelligence , mathematics , machine learning , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , programming language

Few clinicians grasp the true concept of probability expressed in the 'P value.' For most, a statistically significant P value is the end of the search for truth. In fact, the opposite is the case. The present paper attempts to put the P value in proper perspective by explaining different types of probabilities, their role in clinical decision making, medical research and hypothesis testing.

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