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Mar 16, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
The “What does not kill my statistical significance makes it stronger” fallacy

Again today, a researcher tried to defend a small n study by arguing that because p<0.05, the effect must be very strong, otherwise it wouldn't have been detected given the small sample size. Here are resources to tackle this very damaging misconception:

The “What does not kill my statistical significance makes it stronger” fallacy
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2017/02/06/not…