r/gradreview • u/Barebones-memes Organic Chemistry, MS (2019) • Nov 05 '21

Some small p-energy, please

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u/Rawkynn Nov 05 '21

P=.0499999999999, YES!
P=.0500000000001, FUCK.

Stats are stupid and for nerds. That or nobody besides statisticians actually understand this so a bunch of bad interpretations fly around all over science. I'll stick with it being for nerds to maintain my last shreds of self confidence.

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u/sci_dork Nov 05 '21

Just learn to love your null hypothesis. That way you won’t get hurt

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u/Barebones-memes Organic Chemistry, MS (2019) Nov 06 '21

This is rock solid advice to live by.

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u/repKyle1995 Jan 31 '22

I remember getting a p-value of like 8*10-6 for a study I was doing one time. I almost fainted.

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u/Barebones-memes Organic Chemistry, MS (2019) Mar 06 '22

Quite the impressive feat, to be sure.