Her expertise is in personal finance and investing, and real estate. Joules Garcia / Investopedia Statistical significance is a claim that the data used in an analysis is not the result of chance ...

The American Statistical Association (ASA) has released a "Statement on Statistical Significance and P-Values" with six principles underlying the proper use and interpretation of the p-value. The ...

The answer has to do with statistical significance -- but also with judgments about what standards make sense in a given situation. The unit of measurement usually given when talking about ...

If a significant difference is observed, the difference between groups is pronounced. Researchers are now calling for a ban on the concept of statistical significance saying that any difference ...

This method of statistical analysis has been met with criticism throughout its history and increasingly so in the past few decades. The shortcomings of significance testing have been identified in ...

However, a hidden danger is stifling innovation across multiple sectors - one that few are talking about: excessive dependence on Statistical Significance, specifically the p-value, as a measure ...

In their book, The Cult of Statistical Significance, in their own journal articles, and in the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Professional Economic Ethics, they’ve meticulously gone through many ...

Scientists should stop using the term 'statistically significant' in their research, urges this editorial in a special issue of The American Statistician published today. The issue, Statistical ...