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Statistics in Brief: Interpretation and Use of p Values: All p Values Are Not Equal

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  1. Department of Pediatrics At Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, 4600 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA

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Dorey, F. Statistics in Brief: Interpretation and Use of p Values: All p Values Are Not Equal. Clin Orthop Relat Res 469, 3259–3261 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-011-2053-1

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