The ASA Statement on p -Values: Context, Process, and Purpose
2016/03/07 by Ronald L. Wasserstein, Ron Wasserstein, Nicole A. Lazar · 1 voice · 6,205 citations
Decision Sciences · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Mathematics · #Computer science #Context (archaeology) #Epistemology #Geography #Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life #Meta-analysis and systematic reviews #Philosophy #Process (computing) #Programming language #Statement (logic) #Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/00031305.2016.1154108
published in The American Statistician 70(2), 129-133 (Taylor & Francis)
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