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The fickle P value generates irreproducible results

The fickle P value generates irreproducible results

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The fickle P value generates irreproducible results

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Full title

The fickle P value generates irreproducible results

Publisher

New York: Nature Publishing Group US

Journal title

Nature methods, 2015-03, Vol.12 (3), p.179-185

Language

English

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New York: Nature Publishing Group US

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Contents

The reliability and reproducibility of science are under scrutiny. However, a major cause of this lack of repeatability is not being considered: the wide sample-to-sample variability in the
P
value. We explain why
P
is fickle to discourage the ill-informed practice of interpreting analyses based predominantly on this statistic.

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The fickle P value generates irreproducible results

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1673791428

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1673791428

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ISSN

1548-7091

E-ISSN

1548-7105

DOI

10.1038/nmeth.3288

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