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64 Post author: Yvain 09 October 2011 11:26PM

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Comment author: Apprentice 18 October 2011 11:59:08PM 1 point [-]

Yes, but it's worth spelling out the heresy more explicitly. A good LW Bayesian isn't supposed to regard the number .05 as somehow special. Also, the whole notion of p values is misguided and counterproductive. Any more questions?