Citation
Cole, Stephen R.; Edwards, Jessie K.; & Greenland, Sander (2020). Surprise!. American Journal of Epidemiology, 190(2), 191-193. PMCID: PMC7850156Abstract
Measures of information and surprise, such as the Shannon information value (S value), quantify the signal present in a stream of noisy data. We illustrate the use of such information measures in the context of interpreting P values as compatibility indices. S values help communicate the limited information supplied by conventional statistics and cast a critical light on cutoffs used to judge and construct those statistics. Misinterpretations of statistics may be reduced by interpreting P values and interval estimates using compatibility concepts and S values instead of “significance” and “confidence.”URL
https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwaa136Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2020Journal Title
American Journal of EpidemiologyAuthor(s)
Cole, Stephen R.Edwards, Jessie K.
Greenland, Sander