What Statistical Significance Means

What Statistical Significance Means

Sohn (1998) presents a good argument that neither statistical significance nor effect size is indicative of the replicability of research results. His objection to the Bayesian argument is also succinct. However, his solution of the `replicability belief' issue is problematic, and his verdict that significance tests have no role to play in empirical research is debatable. The strengths and weak...

Why We Don’t Really Know What “Statistical Significance” Means: Implications for Educators*

Why We Don’t Really Know What "Statistical Significance" Means: A Major Educational Failure

Epistasis: what it means, what it doesn't mean, and statistical methods to detect it in humans.

Epistasis, the interaction between genes, is a topic of current interest in molecular and quantitative genetics. A large amount of research has been devoted to the detection and investigation of epistatic interactions. However, there has been much confusion in the literature over definitions and interpretations of epistasis. In this review, we provide a historical background to the study of epi...

in translation: translators on their work and what it means

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