RT Journal
A1 Cummings P, Koepsell TD
T1 P values vs estimates of association with confidence intervals
JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 2010
FD February 1
VO 164
IS 2
SP 193
OP 196
DO 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.266
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.266
AB 
Since 1988, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors has used this language in their guidelines for authors: “When possible, quantify findings and present them with appropriate indicators of measurement error or uncertainty (such as confidence intervals). Avoid relying solely on statistical hypothesis testing, such as the use of P values, which fails to convey important quantitative information.”1- 2 Hundreds of biomedical journals, including the Archives,3 endorse these guidelines. What concerns do editors have about P values and hypothesis testing?