Common misconceptions about data analysis and statistics.

Pharmacol Res Perspect · 2015 · PMC4317225 · PMID 25692012

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almost significantno p-value reported

approaching significanceno p-value reported

a statistical trend toward significanceno p-value reported

bordered on being statistically significantno p-value reported

They do this by using terms such as “almost significant”, “bordered on being statistically significant”, “a statistical trend toward significance”, or “approaching significance”.

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