(Ted Harding) wrote:
On 13-Jul-08 13:29:13, Frank E Harrell Jr wrote:
[...]
A large P-value means nothing more than needing more data. No
conclusion is possible. Please read the classic paper Absence of
Evidence is not Evidence for Absence.
Is that ironic, Frank, or is there really a "classic paper" with
that title? If so, I'd be pleased to have a reference to it!
Thanks,
Ted.
It's real. Full text is available to all:
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/311/7003/485
It's one of the dozens of gems in the short statistics notes series in
the British Medical Journal.
Frank
--
Frank E Harrell Jr Professor and Chair School of Medicine
Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University
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