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Social Science Journal 'Bans' Use of p-values

posted by martyb on Sunday April 19 2015, @12:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the sometimes-you-DO-have-a-nail dept.

kaszz writes:

The journal Basic and Applied Social Psychology announced in a February editorial that researchers who submit studies for publication would not be allowed to use common statistical methods, including p-values. While p-values are routinely misused in scientific literature, many researchers who understand its proper role are upset about the ban. Biostatistician Steven Goodman said, "This might be a case in which the cure is worse than the disease. The goal should be the intelligent use of statistics. If the journal is going to take away a tool, however misused, they need to substitute it with something more meaningful."

 
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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by opinionated_science on Sunday April 19 2015, @05:05PM

    by opinionated_science (4031) on Sunday April 19 2015, @05:05PM (#172875)

    if it has "science" after the heading , it probably isn't one. Just saying...

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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Monday April 20 2015, @12:06AM

    by kaszz (4211) on Monday April 20 2015, @12:06AM (#172972) Journal

    American scientists have found a gigantic teddy bear behind the moon.