Redefine statistical significance

DJ Benjamin; JO Berger; M Johannesson; BA Nosek; EJ Wagenmakers; R Berk; KA Bollen; B Brembs; L Brown; C Camerer; D Cesarini; CD Chambers; M Clyde; TD Cook; P De Boeck; Z Dienes; A Dreber; K Easwaran; C Efferson; E Fehr; F Fidler; AP Field; M Forster; EI George; R Gonzalez; S Goodman; E Green; DP Green; AG Greenwald; JD Hadfield; LV Hedges; L Held; T Hua Ho; H Hoijtink; DJ Hruschka; K Imai; G Imbens; JPA Ioannidis; M Jeon; JH Jones; M Kirchler; D Laibson; J List; R Little; A Lupia; E Machery; SE Maxwell; M McCarthy; DA Moore; SL Morgan; M Munafó; S Nakagawa; B Nyhan; TH Parker; L Pericchi; M Perugini; J Rouder; J Rousseau; V Savalei; FD Schönbrodt; T Sellke; B Sinclair; D Tingley; T Van Zandt; S Vazire; DJ Watts; C Winship; RL Wolpert; Y Xie; C Young; J Zinman; VE Johnson

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Redefine statistical significance

DJ Benjamin, JO Berger, M Johannesson, BA Nosek, EJ Wagenmakers, R Berk, KA Bollen, B Brembs, L Brown, C Camerer, D Cesarini, CD Chambers, M Clyde, TD Cook, P De Boeck, Z Dienes, A Dreber, K Easwaran, C Efferson, E Fehr Show all

Nature Human Behaviour | NATURE PORTFOLIO | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1038/s41562-017-0189-z

Abstract

We propose to change the default P-value threshold for statistical significance from 0.05 to 0.005 for claims of new discoveries.

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Fiona Fidler Author

Michael McCarthy Author

Simine Vazire Author

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