Do CIs give you confidence?
This article describes the conceptual basis for the P value and the CI. We show that both are derived from the same underlying concepts and provide useful, but similar information.
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. Electronic address: norman@mcmaster.ca.
Geoffrey R
GR
Norman
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
David L
DL
Streiner
D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000379:methods*