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In the courtroom, statistical evidence can be a powerful asset, but only when jurors understand the story the numbers tell. When that clarity is missing, critical data can be misinterpreted or ...

Scientists should stop using the term 'statistically significant' in their research, urges this editorial in a special issue of The American Statistician published today. The issue, Statistical ...

It may be common knowledge that p < .05 indicates statistical significance. Psychology students (and others) are often taught that p < .05 means the probability (p) of rejecting the null hypothesis ...

A recent study that questioned the healthfulness of eggs raised a perpetual question: Why do studies, as has been the case with health research involving eggs, so often flip-flop from one answer to ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — For nearly 100 years, the concept of “statistical significance” has been fundamental to decision making in science. The concept has been controversial and often misapplied for ...

The scientific world is abuzz following recommendations by two of the most prestigious scholarly journals – The American Statistician and Nature – that the term “statistical significance” be retired.

If you cast a wide enough net, you’ll find what looks like a prize-winning fish. But you’ll also catch a lot of seaweed, plastic debris, and maybe even a dolphin you didn’t mean to bring in. Such is ...