I know what I shouldn’t say, but what should I say? An approach to present results without statistical significance
There has been an important move away from the term “statistical significance” in the scientific and statistical community. The desire to “retire 0.05” is rooted in improving scientific reporting by ensuring that researchers report more information than simply whether a p-value passes a specific thr...
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| description | There has been an important move away from the term “statistical significance” in the scientific and statistical community. The desire to “retire 0.05” is rooted in improving scientific reporting by ensuring that researchers report more information than simply whether a p-value passes a specific threshold. At the same time, the desire to stop using statistical significance has led to uncertainty regarding how to present results. In this paper, a two dimensional classification scheme using the estimated association and p-value/confidence interval is proposed to provide guidance regarding how to report results from studies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9f755e0bdcce4579b536f197bf71350f2025-01-06T06:59:02ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics2297-46872025-01-011010.3389/fams.2024.14877501487750I know what I shouldn’t say, but what should I say? An approach to present results without statistical significanceBrian C. Healy0Brian C. Healy1Brian C. Healy2Brigham MS Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United StatesDepartment of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United StatesBiostatistics Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United StatesThere has been an important move away from the term “statistical significance” in the scientific and statistical community. The desire to “retire 0.05” is rooted in improving scientific reporting by ensuring that researchers report more information than simply whether a p-value passes a specific threshold. At the same time, the desire to stop using statistical significance has led to uncertainty regarding how to present results. In this paper, a two dimensional classification scheme using the estimated association and p-value/confidence interval is proposed to provide guidance regarding how to report results from studies.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fams.2024.1487750/fullintroductory statisticsreporting of resultsstatistical significancep-valueconfidence interval |
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| title | I know what I shouldn’t say, but what should I say? An approach to present results without statistical significance |
| title_full | I know what I shouldn’t say, but what should I say? An approach to present results without statistical significance |
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| title_short | I know what I shouldn’t say, but what should I say? An approach to present results without statistical significance |
| title_sort | i know what i shouldn t say but what should i say an approach to present results without statistical significance |
| topic | introductory statistics reporting of results statistical significance p-value confidence interval |
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