On alleged gains in power from lowerP‐values
- 1 December 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Statistics in Medicine
- Vol. 8 (12) , 1469-1477
- https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.4780081206
Abstract
The various suggestions that have been made to increase the power of Fisher's test for 2 × 2 tables are shown to give no real increases. One‐sided tests are examined in detail but two‐sided test problems are also considered. The need for flexibility in use ofP‐values is stressed.Keywords
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