P values and Confidence Intervals
P values and Confidence Intervals Friends or Foe
Dr.L.Jeyaseelan Dept. of Biostatistics Christian Medical College Vellore ? 632 002, India
JPGM WriteCon March 30-31, 2007, KEM Hospital, Mumbai
Confidence Interval
? The mean or proportion observed in a sample is the best estimate of the true value in the population.
? We can combine these features of estimates from a sample from a sample with the known properties of the normal distribution to get an idea of the uncertainty associated with a single sample estimate of the population value.
Confidence Interval
? The interval between Mean - 2SE and Mean + 2 SE will be 95%.
? That is, we expect that 95% CI will not include the true population value 5% of the time.
? No particular reason for choosing 95% CI other than convention.
Confidence Interval
Interpretation:
The 95% CI for the sample mean is interpreted as a range of values which contains the true population mean with probability 0.95%.
Ex: Mean serum albumin of the population (source) was 35 g/l.
Calculate 95% CI for the mean serum albumin using each of the 100 random samples of size 25.
Scatter Plot of 95% CI:
Confidence intervals for mean serum albumin constructed from 100 random samples of size 25. The vertical lines show the range within which 95% of sample means are expected to fall.
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