Dennis wrote: " it is NOT correct to say that the p > value (as
traditionally calculated) represents the probability of finding a > result
LIKE WE FOUND ... if the null were true? that p would be ½ of > what is
calculated."
Jones and Tukey (A sensible formulation of the significance test,
Psychological Methods, 2000, 5, 411-414) recently suggested that the p
which should be reported is "the area of the t distribution more positive or
more negative (but not both) than the value of t obtained," just as Dennis
suggests in his post.
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