Contribution to the discussion of ‘“A critical evaluation of the current p-value controversy”’

Stephen Senn

doi:10.1002/bimj.201700032

Contribution to the discussion of ‘“A critical evaluation of the current p-value controversy”’

Stephen Senn^*

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Abstract

I pick up a very few points of minor disagreement with Stefan Wellek's comprehensive review of P-values in this journal. I conclude that P-values have a limited function in statistical inference but can nevertheless have their uses.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	892-894
Number of pages	3
Journal	Biometrical Journal
Volume	59
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/bimj.201700032
Publication status	Published - Sept 2017

Keywords

Bayesian statistics
Hypothesis test
Replication
Severity
Significance test

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Contribution to the discussion of ‘“A critical evaluation of the current p-value controversy”’

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