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Ziliak S T, McCloskey D N. The cult of statistical significance. How the standard error costs us jobs, justice, and lives

Ann arbor. The University of Michigan Press, 2008. 321 pages

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Miettinen, O.S. Ziliak S T, McCloskey D N. The cult of statistical significance. How the standard error costs us jobs, justice, and lives. Eur J Epidemiol 24, 111–114 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-008-9297-4

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