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This: >"All too often I feel like I’m seeing the attitude that statistical significance is a win or a proof of correctness, and I think this pushes researchers
by lr4444lr 11y ago
This:
>"All too often I feel like I’m seeing the attitude that statistical significance is a win or a proof of correctness, and I think this pushes researchers in the direction of going the cheap route, rolling the dice, and hoping for a low p-value that can be published. But when measurements are biased, noisy, and poorly controlled, even if you happen to get that p less than .05, it won’t really be telling you anything."
- Gibbon1 11y agoAbout a year ago, saw youtube video about p values. Can't find it again. The upshot was p-values are really noisy. And I think mentioned p-values tend to work the opposite of the way they are used. Greater than 0.05 most likely means 'nope'. Less than 0.05 means 'maybe'