benelliott comments on How Much Evidence Does It Take? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 15 February 2011 02:06:18PM 1 point [-]

To get one p < 0.0001 study if the hypothesis is false requires on average 1000 experiments

One too many zeros in the p value there. The 1,000 figure matches p<0.001, which is also what Anders mentioned. (So your point is fine.)

Comment author: benelliott 15 February 2011 02:07:34PM 0 points [-]

Thanks