Comment on I don't use Bayes factors in my research (2019)parentComments−travisjungroth3yBut what if it’s really small?−constantcrying3yIt's completely irrelevant if you don't understand how to interpret it. It is not a number which tells you how correct your hypothesis is.That is literally mindless statistics. Which coincidentally is the name of the article I talked about. Did you read it?(In a social science, if your p-value is 1E-5 or something, the most likely interpretation is that you are doing something very wrong)−travisjungroth3yI did. My statement was hyperbolic. More directly: P-values are more resilient to misuse at their extremes.−constantcrying3yok
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But what if it’s really small?
It's completely irrelevant if you don't understand how to interpret it. It is not a number which tells you how correct your hypothesis is.
That is literally mindless statistics. Which coincidentally is the name of the article I talked about. Did you read it?
(In a social science, if your p-value is 1E-5 or something, the most likely interpretation is that you are doing something very wrong)
I did. My statement was hyperbolic. More directly: P-values are more resilient to misuse at their extremes.
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