What a debate about p-values shows about science

Re:What a debate about p-values shows about science by Sacho on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @02:36AM (#15390607)

Er, the type of the result(positive/negative) should be orthogonal to the methodology, from the point of the reviewer. Reviewers should be checking for all these many combinatorial ways to get an incorrect result, whether it's positive or negative.

It may be true that positive results are more useful than negative ones, but that doesn't mean we should put zero value in negative results. I think that's what parent was trying to point out.

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Re:What a debate about p-values shows about science by danstanflan on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @07:29AM (#15391623)

Agreed, a negative result should not be confused with shoddily executed science. A solid methodology that produces a negative result could save other researchers from going down the same rabbit hole to come to the same conclusion. We should record these conclusions. Perhaps maybe part of the problem would be the increase in number of publishable results overloading editors and reviewers?

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