Whoever wants to deemphasize "trends" should deemphasize "significance" in general and present p-values as continuous indices of compatibility between the data and the model. See https://t.co/PnRCHpMwzE and https://t.co/20zlyHGYQe. https://t.co/0uo2tXHzDR
Publication bias: If observations of white swans remain unpublished, reports of black swans cannot be used to infer on general swan color.
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100 years of criticism of statistical significance – and where are we today?
Boring (1919) in his paper 'Mathematical vs. scientific significance': "Conclusions must ultimately be left to the scientific intuition of the experimenter and his public."
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