For researchers there's a lot that turns on the p value, the number used to determine whether a result is statistically significant. The current consensus is that if p is less than .05, a study has ...

Last week a team of 72 scientists released the preprint of an article attempting to address one aspect of the reproducibility crisis, the crisis of conscience in which scientists are increasingly ...

Here’s a good idea for the next presidential candidate debate: They can insult each other about their ignorance of statistics. Actually, it’s a pertinent topic for political office seekers, as public ...

A recent Nature commentary raised a provocative view on the use of p-value, a highly debated subject in science at the moment. It asks the scientific community to consider retiring the concept due to ...

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For decades, scientists have been using the probability value, commonly known as p-value, to test the significance of their findings. The p-value falls from 0 to 1, and the lower the number, the ...

The increasing concern about the role of p values in science has gone from a murmur to a loudly expressed concern. Is this just an insider's argument or is it a matter we should take seriously?