The Search for Significance: A Few Peculiarities in the Distribution of P Values in Experimental Psychology Literature.

PLoS One · 2015 · PMC4463849 · PMID 26061881

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almost significantno p-value reported

(2) "Almost significant" values will be most likely to be reported directly (3) Values below the threshold will be least likely to be reported directly .

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highly significantno p-value reported

Nor can we tell between manipulation checks (that tend to be highly significant) and treatment effects.

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