p -value is a Useful and Excellent Measure for Reporting Results of Statistical Analysis on Clinical Data

Abstract

Many clinical studies are conducted in Japan with sample sizes that are not determined statistically. Application of Neyman-Pearson type statistical tests to data from such studies is not justifiable and should be stopped. Also 5% significance level that is commonly employed in a clinical study without taking into account disease, drug and other factors is not justifiable. Alternatively, the use of p-value is recommended in this paper as a measure of showing the magnitude of difference of two treatments; it is the role of principal investigator to summarize the study results by considering disease, drug and other factors, sample sizes and p-value.