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Social Science Journal 'Bans' Use of p-values
sandbagger writes: Editors of Basic and Applied Social Psychology announced in a February editorial that researchers who submit studies for publication would not be allowed to use common statistical methods, including p-values. While p-values are routinely misused in scientific literature, many researchers who understand its proper role are upset about the ban. Biostatistician Steven Goodman said, "This might be a case in which the cure is worse than the disease. The goal should be the intelligent use of statistics. If the journal is going to take away a tool, however misused, they need to substitute it with something more meaningful."
It's a war, I tell you, a war on frequentists! I'm 95% certain!
This is social science. Mathematics and statistics aren't even relevant.
Correlation between low intelligence and uninformed statements of this nature is p<0.01.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Not a big fan of college, eh?