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What is the meaning of p<0.05?
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Deakin University Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences School of Psychology What is the meaning of p<0.05? Jessica Jacques Submitted as an assessment for Research Methods C (HPS 742) Due Date: Tuesday 26th April 2005 Word Count: 1, 497 Hypothesis testing based on statistical significance has dominated behavioural and social science graduate programs for over 40 years and as a current psychology student I can promise you it still does (Huberty, 1996). A closer review of the history and current status of our beloved significance tests and their computed p value, revealed to me that one can probably say that few methodological issues in social science research have generated as much controversy. In fact as Anderson, Burnham, & Thompson (2000) note, across the years and throughout disciplines, the frequency of published criticisms has...
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