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  1. 12-21-2016 10:44 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Poopadoop View Post
    One place where dogma does rule is in statistics where people continue to use p-values when other more sensible alternatives are available.
    What are the other sensible methods?
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    Quote Originally Posted by !Luck View Post
    What are the other sensible methods?
    The more sensible methods are Bayesian stats and likelihood ratios. There's a whole catalogue of reasons why p-values are a poor way to evaluate data. Which is not to say they are worse than no statistical evaluation at all, just that there are better ways.
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