It’s worth it. In a world beyond ‘ p < 0.05,’ by breaking free from the bonds of statistical significance, statistics in science and policy will become more significant than ever.

James O. Berger, Thomas Sellke, Testing a Point Null Hypothesis: The Irreconcilability of P Values and Evidence, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 82, No. 397 (Mar., 1987), pp. 112 ...

He thinks that claims with P values between 0.05 and 0.005 should be treated merely as “suggestive evidence” instead of established knowledge.

Confusion surrounding the reporting and interpretation of results of classical statistical tests is widespread among applied researchers, most of whom erroneously believe that such tests are ...