Setting the p-value threshold too low risks discarding relevant information. — Whalespan
Setting the p-value threshold too low risks discarding relevant information.
⚠ High risk
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“because if you make the p-value so low if you say no my threshold is .0001 well then you really run the risk of discarding a lot of information that turns out to be kind of relevant so um you know it is a fine balance between those two”