Do “underpowered” tests “exaggerate” population effects? (iv)

You will often hear that if you reach a just statistically significant result “and the discovery study is underpowered, the observed effects are expected to be inflated” (Ioannidis 2008, p. 64), or “exaggerated” (Gelman and Carlin 2014). This connects to what I’m referring to as the second set of concerns about statistical significance tests, power … Continue reading Do “underpowered” tests “exaggerate” population effects? (iv)