Despite more than half a century of criticism, significance testing continues to be used
commonly by ecologists. Significance tests are widely misused and misunderstood, and …

Null hypothesis significance testing remains a common practice in ecology, despite criticism
by statisticians (Yoccoz 1991, Cohen 1994) and numerous suggested alternatives (Jones …

Null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) remains popular despite decades of concern
about misuse and misinterpretation. There are many recent suggestions for mitigating …

In several situations ecologists are interested in addressing multiple statistical tests among
samples (eg a series of species or abiotic/biotic variables). The most common application is …

In the past decade, the use of null models has become widespread in the testing of
ecological theory. Along with increasing usage, null models have also become more …

Although one‑tailed hypothesis tests are commonly used, clear justification for why this
approach is used is often missing from published papers. 2. Here we suggest explicit …

Recently, there has been much discussion about the role of the p-value in scientific
research. The American Statistical Association has published an editorial that presents …

Over the last decade, criticisms of null‐hypothesis significance testing have grown
dramatically, and several alternative practices, such as confidence intervals, information …

A paradigm shift away from null hypothesis significance testing seems in progress. Based on
simulations, we illustrate some of the underlying motivations. First, p‐values vary strongly …

The practice of statistical analysis and inference in ecology is critically reviewed. The
dominant doctrine of null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) continues to be applied …