ValidP-Values Behave Exactly as They Should: Some Misleading Criticisms ofP-Values and Their Resolution WithS-Values

DOI10.1080/00031305.2018.1529625OpenAlexW2923919911MaRDI QIDQ5868233

Sander Greenland

Publication date: 20 September 2022

Published in: The American Statistician (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00031305.2018.1529625

zbMATH Keywords

evidenceinformationcompatibilitysignificance testing\(P\)-valuessurprisal\(S\)-valuesdichotomanialogworthnullism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistics (62-XX)

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