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Episode 220: Confusing confidence intervals

In episode 220, James and Mike delve into the scary evidence zone of statistical significance. We discuss p-values, confidence intervals and in a confusing manner explain why many authors are confused about what is actually quite a simple concept. We also show how misinterpretation leads to inappropriate author conclusions. At the end we decide the podcast overall trended towards marginal significance.

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1) How confidence intervals become confusion intervals

BMC Medical Research Methodology 2013, 13:134  doi:10.1186/1471-2288-13-134

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