Table 6

Comparison between made up and simulated data-sets about communication skill++

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





Made up
9 (52.9%)
2 (11.8%)
6 (35.3%)
17
Simulated
2151 (86.0%)
180 (7.2%)
169 (6.8%)
2500

++ data-sets with p-value ≤ 0.05 were compared with p-value > 0.05, (Fisher's exact test, p = 0.0011)

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