Title | Social Science Journal 'Bans' Use of p-values | |
Date | Sunday April 19 2015, @12:37PM | |
Author | martyb | |
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from the sometimes-you-DO-have-a-nail dept. |
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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