Justify your alpha. (March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lakens, Daniel; Adolfi, Federico; Albers, Casper; Anvari, Farid; Apps, Matthew; Argamon, Shlomo; Baguley, Thom; Becker, Raymond; Benning, Stephen; Bradford, Daniel; Buchanan, Erin; Caldwell, Aaron; Calster, Ben; Carlsson, Rickard; Chen, Sau-Chin; Chung, Bryan; Colling, Lincoln; Collins, Gary; Crook, Zander; Cross, Emily; Daniels, Sameera; Danielsson, Henrik; DeBruine, Lisa; Dunleavy, Daniel; Earp, Brian; Feist, Michele; Ferrell, Jason; Field, James; Fox, Nicholas; Friesen, Amanda; Gomes, Caio; Gonzalez-Marquez, Monica; Grange, James; Grieve, Andrew; Guggenberger, Robert; Grist, James; Harmelen, Anne-Laura; Hasselman, Fred; Hochard, Kevin; Hoffarth, Mark; Holmes, Nicholas; Ingre, Michael; Isager, Peder; Isotalus, Hanna; Johansson, Christer; Juszczyk, Konrad; Kenny, David; Khalil, Ahmed; Konat, Barbara; Lao, Junpeng; Larsen, Erik; Lodder, Gerine; Lukavský, Jiří; Madan, Christopher; Manheim, David; Martin, Stephen; Martin, Andrea; Mayo, Deborah; McCarthy, Randy; McConway, Kevin; McFarland, Colin; Nio, Amanda; Nilsonne, Gustav; Oliveira, Cilene; Xivry, Jean-Jacques; Parsons, Sam; Pfuhl, Gerit; Quinn, Kimberly; Sakon, John; Saribay, S.; Schneider, Iris; Selvaraju, Manojkumar; Sjoerds, Zsuzsika; Smith, Samuel; Smits, Tim; Spies, Jeffrey; Sreekumar, Vishnu; Steltenpohl, Crystal; Stenhouse, Neil; Świątkowski, Wojciech; Vadillo, Miguel; Assen, Marcel; Williams, Matt; Williams, Samantha; Williams, Donald; Yarkoni, Tal; Ziano, Ignazio; Zwaan, Rolf;
• Is Part Of: Nature human behaviour. Volume 2:Number 3(2018)
• Page Start: 168
• Page End: 171
• Publication Date: 2018-03
• Subjects: Human behavior -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Sociology -- Periodicals; 300
• DOI: 10.1038/s41562-018-0311-x
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2397-3374

Abstract

In response to recommendations to redefine statistical significance toP ≤ 0.005, we propose that researchers should transparently report and justify all choices they make when designing a study, including the alpha level.