Dennis Roberts wrote: > > At 09:55 PM 3/21/03 +0000, Jerry Dallal wrote: > >dennis roberts wrote: > > > > > could someone give an example or two ... of how p values have really > > > advanced our knowledge and understanding of some particular phenomenon? > > > >Pick up any issue of JAMA or NEJM. > > > >I admit I use P values. They *help* me separate the wheat from the > >chaff. > > i would be interested in knowing how p separates wheat from chaff
Take a look at the journal Epidemiology to see what happens when their use is outlawed. > >Are you saying you don't use them? (The question is earnest, > >not rhetorical.) > > sure, i see them but, i am much more interesting in HOW the study was > conducted ... because, it is not the stats that make for success ... it is > how the investigation was conducted I should clarify my question. Are you saying you don't generate or report P values yourself? Again, the question is in earnest, it is not rhetorical. . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
