Moving to a World Beyond “ p < 0.05”
2019/03/20 by Ronald L. Wasserstein, Ron Wasserstein, Allen L. Schirm +1 · 1 voice · 2,984 citations
Decision Sciences · #Computer science #Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/00031305.2019.1583913
published in The American Statistician 73(sup1), 1-19 (Taylor & Francis)
openalex publication_date 2019/03/20 · openalex created_date 2019/04/01 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
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EDITORIAL: The editorial was written by the three editors acting as individuals and reflects their scientific views not an endorsed position of the American Statistical Association.Some of you expl...
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