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P-values are widely used in the social sciences, but often misunderstood: and that’s a problem.

7 March 2016
Author:
Taha Yasseri

P-values are widely used in the social sciences, especially ‘big data’ studies, to calculate statistical significance. Yet they are widely criticized for being easily hacked, and for not telling us ...
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