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What Statisticians Have Been Getting Wrong

December 5, 2025
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If you've studied statistics, you'll be familiar with the good old p-value; if you haven't, this article will introduce you. Either way, today, let's take a moment to look at this metric from a more critical lens.

In today’s nugget, published by Aeon David Colquhoun carefully explains the method by which certain types of scientific findings are deemed genuine discoveries, and identifies the flaws in this method that so often go overlooked.

Read on to learn more!

Aeon12 min read

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