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Wayne State University

2015

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In (Partial) Defense Of .05, Thomas R. Knapp Nov 2015

In (Partial) Defense Of .05, Thomas R. Knapp

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

Researchers are frequently chided for choosing the .05 alpha level as the determiner of statistical significance (or non-significance). A partial justification is provided.