Although not iron-clad, biomedical scientists generally agree that a p-value of 0.05 suggests a high likelihood of statistical significance. And this is important.

He advocates requiring .005 or even .001 as the criterion for statistical significance. What is a p value anyway? The p value is at the heart of the most common approach to data analysis – null ...

P-values are the statistical coin of the realm in determining the significance, at least statistically, of a randomized controlled study – our gold standard. But might we apply a different metric to ...

To support or refute a hypothesis, the goal is to establish statistical significance by recording a “p-value” of less than 0.05, explains Benjamin Baer, a post-doctoral researcher and ...

In this short video, @damiangarde explains what p-value is, how it is used, and why it is still considered the gold standard for statistical significance in clinical trials.

One problem is what would scientists use instead of statistical significance. The advocates for change say the community can still use the p-value test, but as part of a broader approach to measuring ...

Joseph Kang, Jaeyoung Hong, Precious Esie, Kyle T. Bernstein, Sevgi Aral, An Illustration of Errors in Using the P Value to Indicate Clinical Significance or Epidemiological Importance of a Study ...