title: Hypothesis versus significance testing for controlled clinical trials: a dialogue.
abstract: The mathematical formulations of Neyman-Pearson hypothesis testing and the Fisherian concept of significance tests are examined as alternative ways of applying statistical models to data from clinical trials.
authors.affiliation: Pfizer Central Research, Groton, CT.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Salsburg
mesh_terms: D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D015233:Models, Statistical; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic