Why are p-Values Controversial?

American Statistician

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 1-3

  Kuffner, Todd A ^a   Walker, Stephen G ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision rule; Sufficient statistic; Type I error

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041128318     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.2016.1277161     Document Type: Article

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