The psychological reality of the learned “p < .05” boundary

The psychological reality of the learned “p < .05” boundary

Abstract The .05 boundary within Null Hypothesis Statistical Testing (NHST) “has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move” (to quote Douglas Adams). Here, we move past meta-scientific arguments and ask an empirical question: What is the psychological standing of the .05...

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Main Authors: V. N. Vimal Rao, Jeffrey K. Bye, Sashank Varma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2024-05-01
Series:Cognitive Research
Subjects:
p-values
Statistical thinking
Categorical perception
Meta-science
Replication crisis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-024-00553-x

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-024-00553-x

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