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I'm not sure P<.01 helps overall, though I wouldn't cry if it happened. 1) small p-values require larger n's which will price some real studies out of happenin
by hoopd 11y ago
I'm not sure P<.01 helps overall, though I wouldn't cry if it happened.
1) small p-values require larger n's which will price some real studies out of happening, 2) it only makes dishonest research marginally harder and a little more obvious, 3) a stricter p-value may increase the misconceptions about how important they are, we already have enough B.S. flying around because "P<0.05, it's scientific now!".
I haven't totally taken a side but I find the idea of dropping p-values altogether to be interesting as well: https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2015/03/05/psychology-journal-deep-sixes-use-of-p-values/ https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2015/03/05/psycholo...