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Disengaging from statistical significance

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    Kenneth J. Rothman

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Editor’s Note This article has been published online as supplementary material with a Statement of the American Statistical Association [1]. See also the Essay of Greenland et al. in EJE [2].

Albert Hofman, Editor-in-Chief EJE.

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Rothman, K.J. Disengaging from statistical significance. Eur J Epidemiol 31, 443–444 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-016-0158-2

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