The Need for Better Statistics in Animals. Comment on Phillips, C.J.C. Quality, Integrity, and Transparency in Animal Science: The Animals Perspective. Animals 2026, 16, 403.

Animals (Basel) · 2026 · PMC13359724 · PMID 42450789

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0.0500

closest p · 1.0× alpha

0.0500

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a trend towards significancep ≤ 0.05actually significant

This is the claim that p -values between 0.05 and 0.1 indicate a trend towards significance, most commonly expressed in the rote statement “The threshold for significance was set at p ≤ 0.05, and trends were reported at p < 0.10”.

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The Need for Better Statistics in &lt;i&gt;Animals&lt;/i&gt;. Comment on Phillips, C.J.C. Quality, Integrity, and Transparency in Animal Science: The &lt;i&gt;Animals&lt;/i&gt; Perspective. &lt;i&gt;Animals&lt;/i&gt; 2026, &lt;i&gt;16&lt;/i&gt;, 403.

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The Need for Better Statistics in <i>Animals</i>. Comment on Phillips, C.J.C. Quality, Integrity, and Transparency in Animal Science: The <i>Animals</i> Perspective. <i>Animals</i> 2026, <i>16</i>, 403.