For decades, scientific studies have hinged on showing a p-value of less than 0.05 as evidence that a study readout is genuine—but calls are growing for a new approach. Almost all published studies ...

The increasing concern about the role of p values in science has gone from a murmur to a loudly expressed concern. Is this just an insider's argument or is it a matter we should take seriously?

The pursuit of science is designed to search for significance in a maze of data. At least, that’s how it’s supposed to work. To support or refute a hypothesis, the goal is to establish statistical ...

A small p-value often means the observed data effect is statistically significant. Set a significance level to compare with the p-value to validate investment hypotheses. Utilizing p-values in Excel ...

Last week a team of 72 scientists released the preprint of an article attempting to address one aspect of the reproducibility crisis, the crisis of conscience in which scientists are increasingly ...

'Statistical significance' is one of the most widely misunderstood phrases in science, according to a 2013 Scientific American article. It's a controversial topic. Probability values (p-values) have ...