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The scales were highly correlated: P = 0.0001

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  1. An even worse statistical sin is to report P = 0.0000. P-values are never zero, although they can be, say, <0.0001.

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  1. Fayers P. M., & Machin D. (2007). Quality of life: The assessment, analysis and interpretation of patient-reported outcomes (2nd ed.). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 13: 978-0-470-02452-2.

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  1. Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen Medical School, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK

    Peter M. Fayers

  2. Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Trondheim, Norway

    Peter M. Fayers

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Fayers, P.M. The scales were highly correlated: P = 0.0001. Qual Life Res 17, 651–652 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-008-9351-4

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