dennis roberts wrote:
> could someone give an example or two ... of how p values have really > advanced our knowledge and understanding of some particular phenomenon?
Pick up any issue of JAMA or NEJM.
I admit I use P values. They *help* me separate the wheat from the chaff.
i would be interested in knowing how p separates wheat from chaff
Are you saying you don't use them? (The question is earnest, not rhetorical.)
sure, i see them but, i am much more interesting in HOW the study was conducted ... because, it is not the stats that make for success ... it is how the investigation was conducted
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