Advances in Zoology and Botany Vol. 7(2), pp. 24 - 27
DOI: 10.13189/azb.2019.070202
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p<0.05 Is Not Enough

Saran Ishika Maiti ¹, Surjya Kumar Saikia ^2,*
1 Department of Statistics, Visva-Bharati University, India
² Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati University, India

ABSTRACT

The p-value has been treated as a benchmark of reliability for an experimental output in biology. In biological research, results with p≤0.05 are conventionally regarded as statistically significant. However, a criticism is currently being emerged claiming that statistical significance in biology has now become very fragile. Simultaneously, proposals for review of statistical inference based on p-value<0.05 are surfacing as alternate strategy of statistical significance. The present review discusses emerging issues related to p-value<0.05 in biological research and some possible ways to address such issues.

KEYWORDS
p-value, Statistical Significance, Biological Research, Effect Size, Akaike Information Criterion

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Saran Ishika Maiti , Surjya Kumar Saikia , "p<0.05 Is Not Enough," Advances in Zoology and Botany, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 24 - 27, 2019. DOI: 10.13189/azb.2019.070202.

(b). APA Format:
Saran Ishika Maiti , Surjya Kumar Saikia (2019). p<0.05 Is Not Enough. Advances in Zoology and Botany, 7(2), 24 - 27. DOI: 10.13189/azb.2019.070202.