Significance bias: an empirical evaluation of the oral health literature.

BMC Oral Health · 2016 · PMC4857379 · PMID 27150796

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marginally insignificantno p-value reported

The marginally significant p -values were 15,334 (99.19 %) as compared to the marginally insignificant p -values 125 (0.81 %).

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marginally non-significantno p-value reported

marginally significantno p-value reported

To test the presence of this strategic rounding-off, the proportion of marginally significant p -values ( p -values between 0.045 and 0.049) are compared with the marginally non-significant p -values ( p -values between 0.051 and 0.054).

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