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@EditorialServi1 No, no explicit rule. Try to strike a balance between clarity and clutter. Often that's a case-by-case decision. Sometimes listing units once in a sentence is enough; convoluted text with multiple values may require more.

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@AMAManual Is it specifically stated anywhere in the Manual that units are to be repeated after the last number in ranges in parentheses? There are examples of this, such as "(range, 31-92 years)" in 18.4, but is there a concrete "rule" about this?

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Yes to rounding P values. There is an entire entry on handling P values (rounding, language to use with them) in the Statistics chapter: https://t.co/eP5GpAuNBr

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P value is .0264. Alpha was .05. Client wants to report it as “significant relief (P=.03)”. What to do? Just say it was <.05? Give exact (and, if so, lop all other P to same decimal place)? Is rounding P even/ever kosher?

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@newbieditor Either is fine. Make sure the presentation is consistent in context; how do you handle these when there are more data, say, HR and CI in parentheses as well?

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@AMAManual hi, when reporting r and P-value together, would you use a semicolon or comma?
eg
1. (r=0.76; P<.001)
OR
2. (r=0.76, P<.001)

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@AMAManual hi, when reporting r and P-value together, would you use a semicolon or comma?
eg
1. (r=0.76; P<.001)
OR
2. (r=0.76, P<.001)