title: Turning a negative into a positive.
abstract: A lack of significant difference between populations is often misinterpreted as demonstrating equivalence between the populations. I discuss how this confusion comes about and hint at a future discussion of analyses designed to show equivalence.
authors: Department of Surgery, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, TX 76508, USA. djupiter@swmail.sw.org
authors: Daniel C
authors: DC
authors: Jupiter
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards*