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02-25-2015 11:13 PM #1

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Psychology Journal Bans Significance Testing

Psychology Journal Bans Significance Testing « Science-Based Medicine

From what I understand, p < 0.05 = statistical significance is completely arbitrary anyway, so this seems like a reasonable step. Why 0.05? What if, in a study, one ends up with a p-value of 0.06? Or even 0.055? Does that somehow mean the results are useless?

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