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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence – and that affects what scientific journals choose to publish
Should you believe the findings of scientific studies? Amid current concerns about the public’s trust in science, old arguments are resurfacing that can sow confusion. As a statistician involved in ...
If the P value is less than 5%, reject the null hypothesis; if the P value is .05 or more, don't reject the null hypothesis. Statistics textbooks -- and statisticians for that matter -- focus almost ...
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 ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mark Louie Ramos, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) Should you believe the findings of ...
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