Examination of CIs in health and medical journals from 1976 to 2019: an observational study.

Published in: BMJ open (2019)

The huge excesses of published confidence intervals that are just below the statistically significant threshold are not statistically plausible. Large improvements in research practice are needed to provide more results that better reflect the truth.

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