Statistics: P values are just the tip of the iceberg. Jeffrey T. Leek & Roger D. Peng
« Ridding science of shoddy statistics will require scrutiny of every step, not merely the last one, say Jeffrey T. Leek and Roger D. Peng.
There is no statistic more maligned than the P value. Hundreds of papers and blogposts have been written about what some statisticians deride as ‘null hypothesis significance testing’ (NHST; see, for example, go.nature.com/pfvgqe). NHST deems whether the results of a data analysis are important on the basis of whether a summary statistic (such as a P value) has crossed a threshold. Given the discourse, it is no surprise that some hailed as a victory the banning of NHST methods (and all of statistical inference) in the journal Basic and Applied Social Psychology in February (…) »
