Redefine statistical significance
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2018
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Benjamin, Daniel J.
Berger, James O.
Johannesson, Magnus
Nosek, Brian A.
Wagenmakers, Eric Jan
Berk, Richard
Bollen, Kenneth A.
Brembs, Björn
Brown, Lawrence
Camerer, Colin
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We propose to change the default P-value threshold for statistical significance for claims of new discoveries from 0.05 to 0.005.
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Benjamin, D J, Berger, J O, Johannesson, M, Nosek, B A, Wagenmakers, E J, Berk, R, Bollen, K A, Brembs, B, Brown, L, Camerer, C, Cesarini, D, Chambers, C D, Clyde, M, Cook, T D, De Boeck, P, Dienes, Z, Dreber, A, Easwaran, K, Efferson, C, Fehr, E, Fidler, F, Field, A P, Forster, M, George, E I, Gonzalez, R, Goodman, S, Green, E, Green, D P, Greenwald, A G, Hadfield, J D, Hedges, L V, Held, L, Hua Ho, T, Hoijtink, H, Hruschka, D J, Imai, K, Imbens, G, Ioannidis, J P A, Jeon, M, Jones, J H, Kirchler, M, Laibson, D, List, J, Little, R, Lupia, A, Machery, E, Maxwell, S E, McCarthy, M, Moore, D A, Morgan, S L, Munafó, M, Nakagawa, S, Nyhan, B, Parker, T H, Pericchi, L, Perugini, M, Rouder, J, Rousseau, J, Savalei, V, Schönbrodt, F D, Sellke, T, Sinclair, B, Tingley, D, Van Zandt, T, Vazire, S, Watts, D J, Winship, C, Wolpert, R L, Xie, Y, Young, C, Zinman, J & Johnson, V E 2018, 'Redefine statistical significance', Nature Human Behaviour, vol. 2, pp. 6-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-017-0189-z