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Statistics: P values are just the tip of the iceberg

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  • Jeffrey T. Leek

    (Jeffrey T. Leek and Roger D. Peng are associate professors of biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.)

  • Roger D. Peng

    (Jeffrey T. Leek and Roger D. Peng are associate professors of biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.)

Abstract

Ridding science of shoddy statistics will require scrutiny of every step, not merely the last one, say Jeffrey T. Leek and Roger D. Peng.

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  • Jeffrey T. Leek & Roger D. Peng, 2015. "Statistics: P values are just the tip of the iceberg," Nature, Nature, vol. 520(7549), pages 612-612, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:520:y:2015:i:7549:d:10.1038_520612a
    DOI: 10.1038/520612a
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    3. Andrea Saltelli & Arnald Puy, 2023. "What can mathematical modelling contribute to a sociology of quantification?," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-8, December.
    4. Jeffrey D Blume & Lucy D’Agostino McGowan & William D Dupont & Robert A Greevy Jr., 2018. "Second-generation p-values: Improved rigor, reproducibility, & transparency in statistical analyses," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(3), pages 1-17, March.
    5. Muhammad Ishaq Bhatti & Jae H. Kim, 2020. "Towards a New Paradigm for Statistical Evidence in the Use of p -Value," Econometrics, MDPI, vol. 9(1), pages 1-3, December.
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