First, a little (we promise) statistics. At its very simplest, the p-value is what researchers use to assess the likelihood that, if a given result — the effect of a new medication, for example ...

How many statisticians does it take to ensure at least a 50 percent chance of a disagreement about p-values? According to a tongue-in-cheek assessment by statistician George Cobb of Mount Holyoke ...

Mingfeng Lin, Henry C. Lucas Jr., Galit Shmueli, Research Commentary: Too Big to Fail: Large Samples and the p-Value Problem, Information Systems Research, Vol. 24 ...

The p value from the two-sample t-test has been disparaged for its apparent inability to provide a measure for the magnitude of the mean effect. However, by knowing the p value and the sample size, a ...