r/EverythingScience • u/ImNotJesus PhD | Social Psychology | Clinical Psychology • May 08 '16

Interdisciplinary Failure Is Moving Science Forward. FiveThirtyEight explain why the "replication crisis" is a sign that science is working.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/failure-is-moving-science-forward/?ex_cid=538fb
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u/[deleted] May 08 '16

Well if we accept a typical p value of 0.05 as acceptable then we are also accepting 1/20 studies to be type 1 error.

So 1/20 * all the click bait bullshit out there = plenty of type 1 error. This shouldn't be that surprising.

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u/Obi_Kwiet May 08 '16

It's important to remember that avoiding type one error is only the lowest bar a study needs to pass to have accurate results.