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Statistically significant does not mean clinically significant. In the latest Stats, Stat! animated video from 𝘕𝘌𝘑𝘔 𝘌𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, Nigam and colleagues explain the minimal clinically important difference. Watch “How the Minimal Clinically Important Difference Works”: youtu.be/rStW1rBjURc #MedSky

11/1/26, 5:01 pm6 reposts16 likes

Honest Dr John

@honestdrjohn.bsky.social

11 Jan

Works the other way too. Something that isn't statistically significant may well be of practical importance. In civil law 'balance of probabilities' is enough. That's a p-value of 0.49 (not 0.049) If I implicated a food causing botulism with a p-value of 0.051, would I leave it on the market?