A recent study that questioned the healthfulness of eggs raised a perpetual question: Why do studies, as has been the case with health research involving eggs, so often flip-flop from one answer to ...

The 'Statement on Statistical Significance and P-Values' includes six principles underlying the proper use and interpretation of the p-value and is intended to improve the conduct and interpretation ...

McShane, Blakeley B.; Bradlow, Eric T.; Lynch Jr., John G.; Meyer, Robert J. "Statistical Significance" and Statistical Reporting: Moving Beyond Binary. Journal of ...

If you cast a wide enough net, you’ll find what looks like a prize-winning fish. But you’ll also catch a lot of seaweed, plastic debris, and maybe even a dolphin you didn’t mean to bring in. Such is ...

The current way many researchers apply p-values to draw conclusions on statistical significance is incorrect and unhelpful, three scientists argue in a Nature commentary published yesterday (March 20) ...

Statistical significance sets a convenient obstacle to unfounded claims. In my view, removing the obstacle (V. Amrhein et al. Nature 567, 305–307; 2019) could promote bias. Irrefutable nonsense would ...

Scientists should stop using the term 'statistically significant' in their research, researchers urge. Scientists should stop using the term 'statistically significant' in their research, urges this ...