> Alan McLean wrote:
The p value is a direct measure of 'strength of evidence'.
and Lise DeShea responded:
>
> I disagree. The p-value may be small when a
> study has enormous power yet a small effect size.
A p-value by itself doesn't say much.
I don't think there's actually a contradiction
here, provided that "strenth of evidence" [against the
null hypothesis] is not misunderstood to mean
"strength of evidence for the conclusion you are
trying to draw", this latter rarely being the literal
denial of the null hypothesis.
-Robert Dawson
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