Abandoning significance is sub-optimal in astronomy. We make catalogs of found objects, found by scanning for signal vs expected background and the fluctuations thereof are deemed insufficient. Nothing else has been shown to have greater power. If there is, we'd like to know!
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From the link: “Also to clarify: “Abandon statistical significance” does not mean “Abandon statistical methods.””
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