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Statisticians want to abandon science’s standard measure of ‘significance’

Here’s why “statistically significant” shouldn’t be a stamp of scientific approval

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The concept of “statistical significance” has become scientific shorthand for a finding’s worth. What might science look like without it?

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By Bethany Brookshire

- More than 2 years ago

In science, the success of an experiment is often determined by a measure called “statistical significance.” A result is considered to be “significant” if the difference observed in the experiment between groups (of people, plants, animals and so on) would be very unlikely if no difference actually exists.