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Trap of trends to statistical significance: likelihood of near significant P value becoming more significant with extra data

BMJ 2014; 348 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g2215 (Published 31 March 2014) Cite this as: BMJ 2014;348:g2215

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