Monday 23 January 2012

Interpreting and reporting clinical trials with results of borderline significance

This week Amy Kirkwood gave a useful talk on how to report clinical trial results which have p-values just above or below the commonly adopted 0.05 threshold. Amy outlined her research showing the the inconsistencies in reporting these types of results and emphasised the importance of using standardised language when interpreting p-values. Her paper in the BMJ can be found here and her slides from the talk are below.

Borderline Significance