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Re:Scientists rise up against statistical significance by light_hue_1 on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @11:39PM (#19449113)
How clear or important the effect is has nothing at all to do with a p-value. I can have p < 10^(-10) and still have an effect that is so weak that it's meaningless. The confusion you're having so pervasive and a big part of the problem. You have to use effect sizes in order to measure this.
Re:Scientists rise up against statistical significance by nradov on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @11:50PM (#19449160)
No I'm not confused by the distinction between p-values and effect sizes, which is why I intentionally used the phrase "clear and readily apparent".