interpret_p function

Interpret p-Values

interpret_p(p, rules = "default")

Arguments

• p: Value or vector of p-values.
• rules: Can be "default", "rss" (for Redefine statistical significance rules) or custom set of rules().

Rules

• Default

  • p \>= 0.05 - Not significant
  • p \< 0.05 - Significant

• Benjamin et al. (2018) ("rss")

  • p \>= 0.05 - Not significant
  • 0.005 \<= p \< 0.05 - Suggestive
  • p \< 0.005 - Significant

Examples

interpret_p(c(.5, .02, 0.001))
interpret_p(c(.5, .02, 0.001), rules = "rss")

stars <- rules(c(0.001, 0.01, 0.05, 0.1), c("***", "**", "*", "+", ""),
  right = FALSE, name = "stars"
)
interpret_p(c(.5, .02, 0.001), rules = stars)

References

• Benjamin, D. J., Berger, J. O., Johannesson, M., Nosek, B. A., Wagenmakers, E. J., Berk, R., ... & Cesarini, D. (2018). Redefine statistical significance. Nature Human Behaviour, 2(1), 6-10.