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ArticleJDS communications2025

Common misinterpretations of statistical significance and

R Laven, D A Yang

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Article in JDS communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The Need for Better Statistics inAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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  2. JDS communications · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

R LavenTäwharau Ora-School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand 4442.
D A YangCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China 210095.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Careful communication of results is integral to dairy research. However, many published studies contain misinterpretation of the results of statistical analysis, which can lead to conclusions being drawn which are not consistent with the data. Many of these interpretations have arisen because of a focus on

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