Justify your alpha

Daniel Lakens (), Federico G. Adolfi, Casper J. Albers, Farid Anvari, Matthew A. J. Apps, Shlomo E. Argamon, Thom Baguley, Raymond B. Becker, Stephen D. Benning, Daniel E. Bradford, Erin M. Buchanan, Aaron R. Caldwell, Ben Calster, Rickard Carlsson, Sau-Chin Chen, Bryan Chung, Lincoln J. Colling, Gary S. Collins, Zander Crook, Emily S. Cross, Sameera Daniels, Henrik Danielsson, Lisa DeBruine, Daniel J. Dunleavy, Brian D. Earp, Michele I. Feist, Jason D. Ferrell, James G. Field, Nicholas W. Fox, Amanda Friesen, Caio Gomes, Monica Gonzalez-Marquez, James A. Grange, Andrew P. Grieve, Robert Guggenberger, James Grist, Anne-Laura Harmelen, Fred Hasselman, Kevin D. Hochard, Mark R. Hoffarth, Nicholas P. Holmes, Michael Ingre, Peder M. Isager, Hanna K. Isotalus, Christer Johansson, Konrad Juszczyk, David A. Kenny, Ahmed A. Khalil, Barbara Konat, Junpeng Lao, Erik Gahner Larsen, Gerine M. A. Lodder, Jiří Lukavský, Christopher R. Madan, David Manheim, Stephen R. Martin, Andrea E. Martin, Deborah G. Mayo, Randy J. McCarthy, Kevin McConway, Colin McFarland, Amanda Q. X. Nio, Gustav Nilsonne, Cilene Lino Oliveira, Jean-Jacques Orban Xivry, Sam Parsons, Gerit Pfuhl, Kimberly A. Quinn, John J. Sakon, S. Adil Saribay, Iris K. Schneider, Manojkumar Selvaraju, Zsuzsika Sjoerds, Samuel G. Smith, Tim Smits, Jeffrey R. Spies, Vishnu Sreekumar, Crystal N. Steltenpohl, Neil Stenhouse, Wojciech Świątkowski, Miguel A. Vadillo, Marcel A. L. M. Assen, Matt N. Williams, Samantha E. Williams, Donald R. Williams, Tal Yarkoni, Ignazio Ziano and Rolf A. Zwaan
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Casper J. Albers: University of Groningen
Farid Anvari: Flinders University
Matthew A. J. Apps: University of Oxford
Shlomo E. Argamon: Illinois Institute of Technology
Thom Baguley: Nottingham Trent University
Raymond B. Becker: Bielefeld University
Stephen D. Benning: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Daniel E. Bradford: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Erin M. Buchanan: Missouri State University
Aaron R. Caldwell: University of Arkansas
Ben Calster: Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven
Rickard Carlsson: Linnaeus University
Sau-Chin Chen: Tzu-Chi University
Bryan Chung: University of British Columbia
Lincoln J. Colling: University of Cambridge
Gary S. Collins: University of Oxford
Zander Crook: The University of Edinburgh
Emily S. Cross: Bangor University
Sameera Daniels: Ramsey Decision Theoretics
Henrik Danielsson: Linköping University
Lisa DeBruine: University of Glasgow
Daniel J. Dunleavy: Florida State University
Brian D. Earp: Yale University
Michele I. Feist: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Jason D. Ferrell: St. Edward’s University
James G. Field: West Virginia University
Nicholas W. Fox: Rutgers University
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James A. Grange: Keele University
Andrew P. Grieve: Centre of Excellence for Statistical Innovation, UCB Celltech
Robert Guggenberger: Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
James Grist: University of Cambridge
Anne-Laura Harmelen: University of Cambridge
Fred Hasselman: Radboud University Nijmegen
Kevin D. Hochard: University of Chester
Mark R. Hoffarth: New York University
Nicholas P. Holmes: University of Nottingham
Michael Ingre: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Peder M. Isager: University of Linköping
Hanna K. Isotalus: University of Bristol
Christer Johansson: Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Konrad Juszczyk: Adam Mickiewicz University
David A. Kenny: University of Connecticut
Ahmed A. Khalil: Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Barbara Konat: Adam Mickiewicz University
Junpeng Lao: University of Fribourg
Erik Gahner Larsen: University of Kent
Gerine M. A. Lodder: University of Groningen
Jiří Lukavský: Czech Academy of Sciences
Christopher R. Madan: University of Nottingham
Stephen R. Martin: Baylor University
Andrea E. Martin: The University of Edinburgh
Deborah G. Mayo: Virginia Tech
Randy J. McCarthy: Northern Illinois University
Kevin McConway: The Open University
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Amanda Q. X. Nio: School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King’s College London
Gustav Nilsonne: Stockholm University
Cilene Lino Oliveira: Federal University of Santa Catarina
Jean-Jacques Orban Xivry: KU Leuven
Sam Parsons: University of Oxford
Gerit Pfuhl: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Kimberly A. Quinn: DePaul University
John J. Sakon: New York University
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Iris K. Schneider: University of Cologne
Manojkumar Selvaraju: Saudi Human Genome Program, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
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Samuel G. Smith: University of Leeds
Tim Smits: Institute for Media Studies, KU Leuven
Jeffrey R. Spies: Center for Open Science
Vishnu Sreekumar: Surgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health
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Neil Stenhouse: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wojciech Świątkowski: University of Lausanne
Miguel A. Vadillo: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Marcel A. L. M. Assen: Tilburg University
Matt N. Williams: Massey University
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Nature Human Behaviour, 2018, vol. 2, issue 3, 168-171

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

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