The fickle P value generates irreproducible results

Nat Methods. 2015 Mar;12(3):179-85. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.3288.

Authors

Lewis G Halsey¹, Douglas Curran-Everett², Sarah L Vowler³, Gordon B Drummond⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, London, UK.
² Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, National Jewish Health, and the Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA.
³ Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
⁴ University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

PMID: 25719825
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.3288

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Data Interpretation, Statistical*
Population Density
Reproducibility of Results*
Research Design
Sample Size