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Estimation statistics should replace significance testing

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  1. Program in Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorders, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore

    Adam Claridge-Chang

  2. Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore

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  3. Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore

    Adam Claridge-Chang

  4. Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore

    Pryseley N Assam

  5. Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore

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Claridge-Chang, A., Assam, P. Estimation statistics should replace significance testing. Nat Methods 13, 108–109 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.3729

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