Distributions of p-values smaller than .05 in psychology: what is going on? by Chris H.J. Hartgerink, Robbie C.M. van Aert, Michèle B. Nuijten, Jelte M. Wicherts, Marcel A.L.M. van Assen

“…We indeed found evidence for a bump just below .05 in the distribution of exactly reported p-values in the journals Developmental Psychology, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, but the bump did not increase over the years and disappeared when using recalculated p-values. …”
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