Editing Psychology (section)

==== Misuse of statistics ====
{{Further|Misuse of statistics|Misuse of p-values}}
Some critics view [[statistical hypothesis testing#Criticism|statistical hypothesis testing]] as misplaced. Psychologist and statistician [[Jacob Cohen (statistician)|Jacob Cohen]] wrote in 1994 that psychologists routinely confuse statistical significance with practical importance, enthusiastically reporting great certainty in unimportant facts.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1037/0003-066X.49.12.997 |title=The earth is round (p < .05) |journal=American Psychologist |volume=49 |issue=12 |pages=997–1003 |year=1994 |last1=Cohen |first1=Jacob |s2cid=380942 }}</ref> Some psychologists have responded with an increased use of [[effect size]] statistics, rather than sole reliance on ''p''-values.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.simplypsychology.org/effect-size.html| title = McLeod, S. (2019). What does effect size tell you?| year = 2019| last1 = McLeod| first1 = S. A.| access-date = 10 June 2021| archive-date = 10 June 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210610201001/https://www.simplypsychology.org/effect-size.html| url-status = live}}</ref>