Exploring the Great Schism in the Social Sciences: Confirmation Bias and the Interpretation of Results Relating to Biological Influences on Human Behavior and Psychology.

Evol Psychol · 2018 · PMC10506139 · PMID 29353493

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approached significancep = .081so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The difference actually approached significance in the opposite direction than what was predicted ( n = 70, t = −1.77, p = .081).

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