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Psychology journal bans P values

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• Published: 26 February 2015

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09 March 2015 This story originally asserted that “The closer to zero the P value gets, the greater the chance the null hypothesis is false.” P values do not give the probability that a null hypothesis is false, they give the probability of obtaining data at least as extreme as those observed, if the null hypothesis was true. It is by convention that smaller P values are interpreted as stronger evidence that the null hypothesis is false. The text has been changed to reflect this.

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• 09 March 2015

  This story originally asserted that “The closer to zero the P value gets, the greater the chance the null hypothesis is false.” P values do not give the probability that a null hypothesis is false, they give the probability of obtaining data at least as extreme as those observed, if the null hypothesis was true. It is by convention that smaller P values are interpreted as stronger evidence that the null hypothesis is false. The text has been changed to reflect this.

Woolston, C. Psychology journal bans P values. Nature 519, 9 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/519009f

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• Published: 26 February 2015

• Issue Date: 05 March 2015

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/519009f

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