How many statisticians does it take to ensure at least a 50 percent chance of a disagreement about p-values? According to a tongue-in-cheek assessment by statistician George Cobb of Mount Holyoke ...

Here’s a good idea for the next presidential candidate debate: They can insult each other about their ignorance of statistics. Actually, it’s a pertinent topic for political office seekers, as public ...

For researchers there's a lot that turns on the p value, the number used to determine whether a result is statistically significant. The current consensus is that if p is less than .05, a study has ...

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