P-values: misunderstood and misused

P-values are widely used in both the social and natural sciences to quantify the statistical significance of observed results. The recent surge of big data research has made the p-value an even more popular tool to test the significance of a study. However, substantial literature has been produced c...

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Main Authors: Bertie eVidgen, Taha eYasseri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Physics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphy.2016.00006/full