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Scientific Irrationality with Michael Strevens [Idea Machines #43]

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The Science of Statistical Significance Testing

P value testing is the most widespread kind of way of thinking about statistical significance so it's all very straightforward you know exactly what you have to do I think a lot of great scientific research has been done under that banner yeah. Having the rules be so clear and straightforward rather than just a matter of some the referees who referee for journals just making their own minds up about whether this result looks like a good one or not, he says. "It's really helped science move forward and given scientists the security they need to to set up research"

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