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Is it the end of 'statistical significance'? The battle to make science more uncertain

  • Written by Valen E. Johnson, University Distinguished Professor and Department Head of Statistics, Texas A&M University
Some scientists think it's time to hang up statistical significance.mariakraynova/Shutterstock.com

The scientific world is abuzz following recommendations by two of the most prestigious scholarly journals – The American Statistician and Nature – that the term “statistical significance” be retired.

In their introduction to the...

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