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That Alpha Error
University of Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaEmail: Stephen M Smith - smithsm@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca The Scientist 2005, 19(3):8
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In "On Downsizing the Status of Science," Dave Britton writes "... Truth is only what scientists can get each other to agree is true. And even then, on average one out of a hundred statistically significant findings of p < 0.01 is really just a coincidence."[1]
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