I'd recommend Irving Kirsch's __Emperor's new drugs: Exploring the antidepressant myth__ as an accessible introduction to this topic.
The book goes beyond statistics and draws attention to "clinical significance" that is crucial to keep in mind when evaluating drugs. Statistical significance helps to inform whether a metric has changed; clinical significance tells whether it actually mattered from a patient's perspective.
The book goes beyond statistics and draws attention to "clinical significance" that is crucial to keep in mind when evaluating drugs. Statistical significance helps to inform whether a metric has changed; clinical significance tells whether it actually mattered from a patient's perspective.