Do CIs give you confidence?

Geoffrey R Norman; David L Streiner

doi:10.1378/chest.11-2193

Do CIs give you confidence?

Chest. 2012 Jan;141(1):17-19. doi: 10.1378/chest.11-2193.

Authors

Geoffrey R Norman¹, David L Streiner²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. Electronic address: norman@mcmaster.ca.
² Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

PMID: 22215826
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-2193

Abstract

This article describes the conceptual basis for the P value and the CI. We show that both are derived from the same underlying concepts and provide useful, but similar information.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Confidence Intervals*
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Humans
Periodicals as Topic*
Reproducibility of Results
Statistics as Topic / methods*