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Re: poorgradstudent post# 134239

Tuesday, 01/03/2012 4:59:01 PM

Tuesday, January 03, 2012 4:59:01 PM

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If you're to make a connection between pedal-ity (insert more appropriate word) and p-value threshold, then it would only make sense that hexapedals would look for a p value of 0.15 since we bipedal humans look for 0.05.

A threshold of 0.15 for statistical significance would lead to many more drugs being approved, so this would have been a valid answer to the brain teaser.

A more likely designation by the insect society would be 0.015 or 0.03. However, it would rather quickly become apparent that these threshold values were unduly restrictive; changing to 0.06 would be the obvious fix.

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