[R] acceptable p-level for scientific studies

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

Frank E Harrell Jr <fharrell at virginia.edu> writes:

> - Confidence limits can be good compromise solutions (some journals are
>   almost disallowing P-values in favor of CLs)

I gather that some journals *are* doing that, to the extent of
actually disallowing multi-df testing (I'll say that it is a case of
proselytes being holier than the prophets). And of course a 95% CI is
strongly linked to testing at a fixed significance level, so the
information contained in the P-value is lost that way.

> - P-values are dangerous, especially large, small, and in-between ones.

<grin> Good one...

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