How insignificant is statistical significance?

by John on April 13, 2011

Luis Pericchi sent me a brief note commenting on the recent US Supreme Court decision involving statistical significance and medical reporting. Here is his paper, about a page and a half.

How insignificant is statistical significance? (PDF)

Related post: Significance testing and Congress

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Tony 04.14.11 at 10:51

Justin Esarey at Emory University has been working on this for awhile. He falls more into the decision theorist camp mentioned in the document, but his ideas are well-worth considering.

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