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An observational analysis of the trope “A p-value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant” and other cut-and-paste statistical methods

Nicole M. White ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: nm.white@qut.edu.au

Affiliation Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation and Centre for Healthcare Transformation, School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9292-0773

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Thirunavukarasu Balasubramaniam,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Data Science, School of Computer Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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Richi Nayak,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Data Science, School of Computer Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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Adrian G. Barnett

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation and Centre for Healthcare Transformation, School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6339-0374

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An observational analysis of the trope “A p-value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant” and other cut-and-paste statistical methods

Nicole M. White,
Thirunavukarasu Balasubramaniam,
Richi Nayak,
Adrian G. Barnett

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Published: March 9, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264360

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