the main reason to ban significance testing in all fields is because of logicallee's getcher scientific results agency. Our prices are: $10,000 random study,

the main reason to ban significance testing in all fields is because of logicallee's getcher scientific results agency. Our prices are: $10,000 random study, no results guaranteed. Not recommended! Highly likely to be damaging. $20,000 basic study, p=0.5 - study inconclusive but implies it's at least not "more likely" that the damaging/negative result is correct. (Assuming uniform priors.) No scientific value. $100,000 weak FUD. Suggests that the damaging/negative results (assuming bayesian reasoning or uniform priors) may be incorrect, at a suggestive p<0.10 level. Not conclusive and invites further studies which can strengthen damaging/negative result! Not recommended unless further studies are unlikely. Consists of ten studies, one of which is published with remaining buried. Unscientific. $200,000 basic refutation. Refutes the damaging/negative result at a statistically significant p<0.05. Likely to be referenced and accepted. However, due to significance level, links to logicallee's getcher scientific results agency should still be avoided! (Invites skepticism.) Scientific. May take up to six months. $500,000 Silver refutation. Highly significant refutation at p<0.02. Study can be extremely rigorous and sponsorship can be public. The results should be referred to and referenced as widely as possible. Unpublished results (the other 49 studies in the series) to remain unpublished and unreferenced. Due to the number of parallel studies to be involved, may take up to one year for these results. Highly scientific. $1,000,000 Gold refutation. Highly significant refutation at p<0.01, with extreme amounts of data to be published. Should become the gold standard for data in the field, and the most significant effect published. Full refutation of damaging/negative result, with full scientific rigor. Should be widely promoted. May take up to 24 months to produce data. Gold standard of science. ACADEMIC BONUS: prices are free for tenured professors, thousands of whom can do all the studies they want and only publish if they see some significant effect. EDIT: in other words, http://xkcd.com/882/ http://xkcd.com/882/