The Parable of Schrödinger's Cat and the Illusion of Statistical Significance in Clinical Trials

Circulation. 2019 Sep 9;140(10):799-800. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.041245. Epub 2019 Sep 3.

Author

Milton Packer¹

Affiliation

¹ Baylor Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX. Imperial College, London, UK.

PMID: 31479320
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.041245

No abstract available

Keywords: confidence intervals; decision making; physics; probability; randomized controlled trial.

MeSH terms

Biostatistics / methods*
Cardiovascular Diseases / drug therapy*
Clinical Trials as Topic
Confidence Intervals
Humans
Likelihood Functions
Models, Theoretical*