简介：<正>Lookingthroughanyexercisesciencejournalstoday,infactanysciencejournalsincludingmanytopScienceCitationIndex(SCI)journals,onecaneasilyfindexamplesofthewide-spread"p<0.05/significance"abusephenomenon,i.e.,ifthepvaluefromastatistical/hypothesistestislessthan0.05(or0.01sometimes),aconclusionthat"theresults/findingsaresignificant"isthendrawn.Theabuseissoseverethatitisalreadyseriouslythreateningtheintegrityofscientificinquiry.

简介：ThesedayswhenIlookatscientificresearchpapersorreviewmanuscripts,thereseemstobealmostacompetitiontohaveasmallerpvalueasameanstopresentmoresignificantfindings.Forexample,aquickInternetsearchusing'p<0.0000001'turnedupmanypapersevenreportingtheirpvaluesatthislevel.Canandshouldasmallerpvalueplaysucharole?Inmyopinion,itcannot.Thecurrentstatisticalsoftware