Deciphering P values: Defining significance
Fred Young Phillips · Science · 2016
![Figure][1] One or two replications of a study result cannot definitively support or reject a hypothesis. IMAGES: SEKULICN/[ISTOCKPHOTO.COM][2] In his Policy Forum “Aligning statistical and scientific reasoning” (3 June, p. [1180][3]), S. N. Goodman cautions against using P values to