173. A critical situational public health campaign reports that a new intervention increased a desired outcome from 5% to 10%, with a p-value of 0.001. What is the urgency for a biostatistician to highlight both relative and absolute differences?
A.
To only focus on the p-value.
B.
To urgently explain that while statistically significant, the absolute increase is only 5 percentage points, which might be less impressive than the relative increase, and to frame findings transparently.
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C.
To ignore the absolute difference.
D.
To assume all significant findings are large.
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To only focus on the p-value.
To urgently explain that while statistically significant, the absolute increase is only 5 percentage points, which might be less impressive than the relative increase, and to frame findings transparently.
