Wands had more above-ground biomass than stakes (P < 0.001), but they were the same with respect to below-ground biomass (Tables 2 & 3).
But to De Gruttola and his fellow martians, the widespread confusion about such a fundamental concept has huge stakes: p values help biomedical researchers determine which products to move forward--or at least, in the case of the Thai study, to build on--and which ones to toss in the trash.
In this approach, data analysis is "a matter of giving meaning to first impressions as well as to final compilations" (Stake 1995, p. 71).
Relatives of China's former Central Bank chief, Dai Xianglong, also acquired an indirect stake in Ping An during the same time.
Members of the Wen family, through several associates, have said that the family never held a stake in Ping An.
The stake of Ping An, which already owns 4.7percentt of the Chinese bank, may rise to as much as 34percentt after the transactions.
A spokeswoman for Mr. Che, the son-in-law, denied by e-mail that he had ever held a stake in Ping An.
The bank also sold its credit card unit in the United States to Capital One Financial and its stake in Ping An Insurance of China.
At one point, several close relatives of the prime minister controlled a stake in Ping An that was worth as much as $2.2 billion.
The price was much lower than what the British bank HSBC paid for a 10 percent stake in Ping An in October of that year.
