Using Bayes to get the most out of non-significant results.

Front Psychol · 2014 · PMC4114196 · PMID 25120503

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very non-significantno p-value reported

There may be a temptation to think the p of 0.817 represents very strong evidence for the null; it is “very non-significant.” In fact, a p -value per se does not provide evidence for the null, no matter “how non-significant” it is ( Fisher, 1935 ; Royall, 1997 ).

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