title: Why the P-value culture is bad and confidence intervals a better alternative.
abstract: In spite of frequent discussions of misuse and misunderstanding of probability values (P-values) they still appear in most scientific publications, and the disadvantages of erroneous and simplistic P-value interpretations grow with the number of scientific publications. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage prefer confidence intervals. This is a brief discussion of problems surrounding P-values and confidence intervals.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ranstam
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D011336:Probability; D015203:Reproducibility of Results