What Is the Relationship Between Clinical Significance and Statistical Significance

question 26

Multiple Choice

What is the relationship between clinical significance and statistical significance?

• A) If one is significant, the other is significant.
• B) Both can be significant, both can be nonsignificant, or one can be significant and the other nonsignificant.
• C) Statistical significance determines clinical significance.
• D) Clinical significance determines the reliability of statistical significance.

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