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| LETTER TO EDITOR |
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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 148-149 |
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Author's reply to Andrade
HS Darling
Department of Medical Oncology and Hemato-oncology, Command Hospital Air Force, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
| Date of Submission | 21-Feb-2022 |
| Date of Acceptance | 10-Mar-2022 |
| Date of Web Publication | 31-Mar-2022 |
Correspondence Address:
H S Darling
Department of Medical Oncology and Hemato-oncology, Command Hospital Air Force, Bangalore, Karnataka – 560 007
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/crst.crst_87_22
How to cite this article:
Darling H S. Author's reply to Andrade. Cancer Res Stat Treat 2022;5:148-9 |
We thank Andrade for his critical comments on our article titled, “To 'P' or not to 'P', that is the question: A narrative review on P value.”[1] Andrade has explicitly brought out the fallacy of strict dichotomization of the P value.[2] He has also simplified the correct interpretation of the P value by giving an example. He has clearly explained that the problem is not the arbitrary selection of a fixed P value or its derivation, but rather the correct interpretation of this critical statistical tool. Moreover, he has also touched upon the role of the confidence interval in relation to the P value, which spontaneously comes to mind while dealing with the fallacies of the P value. Pertinently, in this issue of Cancer Research, Statistics and Treatment, we already have an article on the confidence interval and its interpretation.[3]
Financial support and sponsorship
Nil.
Conflicts of interest
There are no conflicts of interest.
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| 1. | Darling HS. To ”P” or not to ”P”, that is the question: A narrative review on P value. Cancer Res Stat Treat 2021;4:756-62.  [Full text] |
| 2. | Andrade C. P values need to be correctly understood and read along with 95% confidence intervals. Cancer Res Stat Treat 2022;5:147-8. [Full text] |
| 3. | Darling HS. Are you confident about your confidence in confidence intervals? Cancer Res Stat Treat 2022;5:139-44. [Full text] |
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