It happens all the time in medicine. If I can show a p value 0.05 or
less the researchers are delighted. Whenever I can't produce a p of 0.05
or less they start looking for another statistician and will even
withhold a paper from publication.
"Simon, Steve, PhD" wrote:
>
> In a post to EDSTAT-L, you wrote:
>
> >I believe you will find that most researchers in the sciences
> >accept the p-value as religion. In the report of the recent
> >British study on Type 2 diabetes, there was an effect which
> >was stated as "unimportant" because the p-value was .052.
>
> Do you have a citation for this. It sounds like an excellent teaching
> example.
>
> Steve Simon, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Standard Disclaimer.
> STATS: STeve's Attempt to Teach Statistics. http://www.cmh.edu/stats
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