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The Value of P. What We Lose if We Abandon P Values T

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The value of p. What we lose if we abandon p values | by Richard D. Morey | Jan, 2021 | Medium

[2021-01-13 Wed 07:52]

A person who believed everything they believed on the internet could be misled. Put another way, their standard of evidence (“it was on the internet”) is too weak. This is not an unfamiliar line of reasoning.

[2021-01-13 Wed 07:53]

Don’t believe everything you see.

[2021-01-13 Wed 07:54]

An important aspect of this skepticism is that it is often one-way: it does not need to involve a plausible alternative

[2021-01-13 Wed 07:56]

The mistake many statistical commentators make is to interpret the p value as attempt at a quantification of evidence, or as a posterior probability.

[2021-01-13 Wed 07:58]

The p value is not an inference; it affords critique of an inference

. p values are a method to facilitate skepticism, but as I have pointed out, not the only one