Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Quality Data, Quality Findings

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Quality Data, Quality Findings

04/17/2018 04:00 PM EDT

Stanford's John Ioannidis recently joined 71 other methodologists in proposing that we lower the p-value threshold for claiming statistical significance in research from .05 to .005. This proposal is intended to reduce the rate of false positives and improve reproducibility in scientific research. On the other hand, given the lax, inaccurate, or confusing ways the … Continue reading "Quality Data, Quality Findings"

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