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Justify your alpha

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  • Daniel Lakens

    (Eindhoven University of Technology)

  • Federico G. Adolfi

    (National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)
    Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics)

  • Casper J. Albers

    (University of Groningen)

  • Farid Anvari

    (Flinders University)

  • Matthew A. J. Apps

    (University of Oxford)

  • Shlomo E. Argamon

    (Illinois Institute of Technology)

  • Thom Baguley

    (Nottingham Trent University)

  • Raymond B. Becker

    (Bielefeld University)

  • Stephen D. Benning

    (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

  • Daniel E. Bradford

    (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

  • Erin M. Buchanan

    (Missouri State University)

  • Aaron R. Caldwell

    (University of Arkansas)

  • Ben Calster

    (Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven
    Leiden University Medical Center)

  • Rickard Carlsson

    (Linnaeus University)

  • Sau-Chin Chen

    (Tzu-Chi University)

  • Bryan Chung

    (University of British Columbia)

  • Lincoln J. Colling

    (University of Cambridge)

  • Gary S. Collins

    (University of Oxford)

  • Zander Crook

    (The University of Edinburgh)

  • Emily S. Cross

    (Bangor University
    University of Glasgow)

  • Sameera Daniels

    (Ramsey Decision Theoretics)

  • Henrik Danielsson

    (Linköping University)

  • Lisa DeBruine

    (University of Glasgow)

  • Daniel J. Dunleavy

    (Florida State University)

  • Brian D. Earp

    (Yale University)

  • Michele I. Feist

    (University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

  • Jason D. Ferrell

    (St. Edward’s University
    University of Texas at Austin)

  • James G. Field

    (West Virginia University)

  • Nicholas W. Fox

    (Rutgers University)

  • Amanda Friesen

    (Indiana University Purdue University)

  • Caio Gomes

    (Booking.com)

  • Monica Gonzalez-Marquez

    (RWTH Aachen University)

  • James A. Grange

    (Keele University)

  • Andrew P. Grieve

    (Centre of Excellence for Statistical Innovation, UCB Celltech)

  • Robert Guggenberger

    (Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
    Eberhard Karls University Tübingen)

  • James Grist

    (University of Cambridge)

  • Anne-Laura Harmelen

    (University of Cambridge)

  • Fred Hasselman

    (Radboud University Nijmegen)

  • Kevin D. Hochard

    (University of Chester)

  • Mark R. Hoffarth

    (New York University)

  • Nicholas P. Holmes

    (University of Nottingham)

  • Michael Ingre

    (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

  • Peder M. Isager

    (University of Linköping)

  • Hanna K. Isotalus

    (University of Bristol)

  • Christer Johansson

    (Sahlgrenska University Hospital)

  • Konrad Juszczyk

    (Adam Mickiewicz University)

  • David A. Kenny

    (University of Connecticut)

  • Ahmed A. Khalil

    (Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

  • Barbara Konat

    (Adam Mickiewicz University)

  • Junpeng Lao

    (University of Fribourg)

  • Erik Gahner Larsen

    (University of Kent)

  • Gerine M. A. Lodder

    (University of Groningen)

  • Jiří Lukavský

    (Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Christopher R. Madan

    (University of Nottingham)

  • David Manheim

    (RAND Corporation)

  • Stephen R. Martin

    (Baylor University)

  • Andrea E. Martin

    (The University of Edinburgh
    Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics)

  • Deborah G. Mayo

    (Virginia Tech)

  • Randy J. McCarthy

    (Northern Illinois University)

  • Kevin McConway

    (The Open University)

  • Colin McFarland

    (Skyscanner)

  • Amanda Q. X. Nio

    (School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London)

  • Gustav Nilsonne

    (Stockholm University
    Department of Clinical Neuroscience
    Stanford University)

  • Cilene Lino Oliveira

    (Federal University of Santa Catarina)

  • Jean-Jacques Orban Xivry

    (KU Leuven)

  • Sam Parsons

    (University of Oxford)

  • Gerit Pfuhl

    (UiT The Arctic University of Norway)

  • Kimberly A. Quinn

    (DePaul University)

  • John J. Sakon

    (New York University)

  • S. Adil Saribay

    (Boğaziçi University)

  • Iris K. Schneider

    (University of Cologne)

  • Manojkumar Selvaraju

    (Saudi Human Genome Program, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
    Integrated Gulf Biosystems)

  • Zsuzsika Sjoerds

    (Leiden University
    Leiden University)

  • Samuel G. Smith

    (University of Leeds)

  • Tim Smits

    (Institute for Media Studies, KU Leuven)

  • Jeffrey R. Spies

    (Center for Open Science
    University of Virginia)

  • Vishnu Sreekumar

    (Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health)

  • Crystal N. Steltenpohl

    (University of Southern Indiana)

  • Neil Stenhouse

    (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

  • Wojciech Świątkowski

    (University of Lausanne)

  • Miguel A. Vadillo

    (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

  • Marcel A. L. M. Assen

    (Tilburg University
    Utrecht University)

  • Matt N. Williams

    (Massey University)

  • Samantha E. Williams

    (Saint Louis University)

  • Donald R. Williams

    (University of California, Davis)

  • Tal Yarkoni

    (University of Texas at Austin)

  • Ignazio Ziano

    (Ghent University)

  • Rolf A. Zwaan

    (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

Abstract

In response to recommendations to redefine statistical significance to P ≤ 0.005, we propose that researchers should transparently report and justify all choices they make when designing a study, including the alpha level.

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  • Daniel Lakens & Federico G. Adolfi & Casper J. Albers & Farid Anvari & Matthew A. J. Apps & Shlomo E. Argamon & Thom Baguley & Raymond B. Becker & Stephen D. Benning & Daniel E. Bradford & Erin M. Buc, 2018. "Justify your alpha," Nature Human Behaviour, Nature, vol. 2(3), pages 168-171, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nathum:v:2:y:2018:i:3:d:10.1038_s41562-018-0311-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41562-018-0311-x
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    1. Williams, Cole Randall, 2019. "How redefining statistical significance can worsen the replication crisis," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 181(C), pages 65-69.

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