Table 2

Comparison between the significance levels of the correlations for the made up data-sets and 2500 random samples produced based on the specifications of Table 1*

P-value
p ≤ 0.05
0.05 <p ≤ 0.10
p > 0.10
Total
Data-set





Made up
24 (70.6%)
3 (8.8%)
7 (20.6%)
34
Simulated
137 (5.5%)
125 (5.0%)
2238 (89.5%)
2500

* data-sets with p-value ≤ 0.05 were compared with p-value > 0.05, (Fisher's exact test, p < 0.0001)

Akhtar-Danesh and Dehghan-Kooshkghazi BMC Medical Research Methodology 2003 3:18   doi:10.1186/1471-2288-3-18