PhilGoetz comments on Too good to be true - Less Wrong

24 Post author: PhilGoetz 11 July 2014 08:16PM

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Comment author: Cyan 12 July 2014 03:00:57AM 10 points [-]

No; it's standard to set the threshold for your statistical test for 95% confidence. That's its statistical power.

"Power" is a statistical term of art, and its technical meaning is neither 1 - alpha nor 1 - p.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 12 July 2014 02:49:36PM * 3 points [-]

Oops; you're right. Careless of me; fixed.