" P etite" p value: A Researchers' Dream! Readers, Beware of the P it …

Sharada Mailankody; Jyoti Bajpai; Sudeep Gupta

doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23399

" P etite" p value: A Researchers' Dream! Readers, Beware of the P it …

Indian J Crit Care Med. 2020 Apr;24(Suppl 3):S140-S141. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23399.

Authors

Sharada Mailankody¹, Jyoti Bajpai², Sudeep Gupta²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Oncology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
² Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Abstract

"What is the magic word for publication?" "The p value <0.05%" seems like an automatic answer from the researchers. Is that right? Let us take a quick peek at this seemingly simple gate-pass to publications!

How to cite this article: Mailankody S, Bajpai J, Gupta S. "Petite" p value: A Researchers' Dream! Readers, Beware of the Pit …. Indian J Crit Care Med 2020;24(Suppl 3):S140-S141.

Keywords: Misuse; Pitfalls; Statistics; p value.

Publication types

Review