The elephant in the room: reproducibility in toxicology.

Part Fibre Toxicol · 2014 · PMC4237900 · PMID 25149182

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barely statistically significantno p-value reported

Ask yourself, is barely statistically significant really biologically relevant?

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barely significantno p-value reported

At very least, our conclusions and the adoption of bold statements should be reflective of the statistical evidence; where results are barely significant, it may be more prudent to suggest that the results are indicative of something rather than that they confidently state fact.

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