This excellent and amusing article by Gerd Gigerenzer discusses the history of p-values and their (mis)use: "Mindless Statistics" http://library.mpib-berlin.m

This excellent and amusing article by Gerd Gigerenzer discusses the history of p-values and their (mis)use: "Mindless Statistics" http://library.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/ft/gg/GG_Mindless_2004.pdf http://library.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/ft/gg/GG_Mindless_2004.pdf or http://www.unh.edu/halelab/BIOL933/papers/2004_Gigerenzer_JSE.pdf http://www.unh.edu/halelab/BIOL933/papers/2004_Gigerenzer_JS...