[Warning: do not read this with small kids around!] Mark Newman poses some questions in theme with the seasonal festivities: what does it mean to believe in Father Christmas? Does it really differ that much from belief in the role of evidence? We at the EPPI-Centre are happy to rise to the occasion and wish all of our readers a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year.

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It is conventional in the social sciences to report p-values when communicating the results of statistical analyses. There are, however, increasing criticisms of the p-value for being open to misinterpretation and – worse – at risk of falsely indicating the presence of an effect. Alison O’Mara-Eves considers a further problem: failing to engage readers with the meaning behind the numbers. Some alternative ways of reporting the results of analyses are considered.

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Gillian Stokes and Sergio Graziosi - Blog Editors.

This is the launch post for the new EPPI-Centre blog: we provide a brief introduction of the topics we are planning to cover and the general aims of the blog.

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