In order to prevent misleading conclusions based on spurious observed effects--especially seductively large ones--Robinson and Levin (1997) suggested a two-step approach to the reporting and ...
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McShane, Blakeley B.; Bradlow, Eric T.; Lynch Jr., John G.; Meyer, Robert J. "Statistical Significance" and Statistical Reporting: Moving Beyond Binary. Journal of ...
Citations: McShane, Blake, Andrew Gelman. 2022. Selecting on Statistical Significance and Practical Importance Is Wrong. Journal of Information Technology. (3)312-315.
It may be common knowledge that p < .05 indicates statistical significance. Psychology students (and others) are often taught that p < .05 means the probability (p) of rejecting the null hypothesis ...
Instead of recognizing the limitations of statistical significance, fields including economics and medicine ossified around it, with dire consequences for science. In the 21st century, an obsession ...