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Daily Archive December 6th, 2006

The Difference Between Significant and Not Significant is Not Statistically Significant

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MINDLESS SIGNIFICANCE TESTING Some well-made points grow old while no one pays attention to them. One of the most embarrassing for social science is its categorical perception of p-values. Tender of kindred Web site Andrew Gelman and Hal Stern have an article whose name says it all: The Difference Between “Significant” and “Not Significant” is […]