RESEARCH ARTICLE
Insights in Hypothesis Testing and Making Decisions in Biomedical Research
Varin Sacha1, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos2, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2016Volume: 10
First Page: 196
Last Page: 200
Publisher ID: TOCMJ-10-196
DOI: 10.2174/1874192401610010196
Article History:
Received Date: 2/12/2015Revision Received Date: 22/2/2016
Acceptance Date: 5/3/2016
Electronic publication date: 30/09/2016
Collection year: 2016

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Abstract
It is a fact that p values are commonly used for inference in biomedical and other social fields of research. Unfortunately, the role of p value is very often misused and misinterpreted; that is why it has been recommended the use of resampling methods, like the bootstrap method, to calculate the confidence interval, which provides more robust results for inference than does p value. In this review a discussion is made about the use of p values through hypothesis testing and its alternatives using resampling methods to develop confidence intervals of the tested statistic or effect measure.