diff --git a/R/p_function.R b/R/p_function.R index 54596f701..cfb5aeda3 100644 --- a/R/p_function.R +++ b/R/p_function.R @@ -119,9 +119,11 @@ #' whereas values values far from the observed point estimate (where _p_ #' approaches 0) are least compatible with the data and model assumptions #' (_Schweder and Hjort 2016, pp. 60-61; Amrhein and Greenland 2022_). In this -#' regards, _p_-values are are statements about confidence/compatibility, not -#' probability per se, but still the interpretation of _p_-values might be -#' guided using [`bayestestR::p_to_pd()`] +#' regards, _p_-values are statements about _confidence_ or _compatibility_ and +#' can be considered as _epistemic probability_ - "not necessarily of the +#' hypothesis being true, but of it _possibly_ being true" (_Schweder 2018_). +#' Hence, the interpretation of _p_-values might be guided using +#' [`bayestestR::p_to_pd()`] #' #' ## Compatibility intervals - is their interpretation conditional or not? #' diff --git a/man/p_function.Rd b/man/p_function.Rd index b7b2be9c0..77a587a17 100644 --- a/man/p_function.Rd +++ b/man/p_function.Rd @@ -248,9 +248,11 @@ estimated to be \emph{most compatible} with the data and model assumptions, whereas values values far from the observed point estimate (where \emph{p} approaches 0) are least compatible with the data and model assumptions (\emph{Schweder and Hjort 2016, pp. 60-61; Amrhein and Greenland 2022}). In this -regards, \emph{p}-values are are statements about confidence/compatibility, not -probability per se, but still the interpretation of \emph{p}-values might be -guided using \code{\link[bayestestR:pd_to_p]{bayestestR::p_to_pd()}} +regards, \emph{p}-values are statements about \emph{confidence} or \emph{compatibility} and +can be considered as \emph{epistemic probability} - "not necessarily of the +hypothesis being true, but of it \emph{possibly} being true" (\emph{Schweder 2018}). +Hence, the interpretation of \emph{p}-values might be guided using +\code{\link[bayestestR:pd_to_p]{bayestestR::p_to_pd()}} } \subsection{Compatibility intervals - is their interpretation conditional or not?}{