Yep. When reading the actual papers from the LHC, LIGO, etc groups the p-value/significance aspect seems nearly irrelevant though.
My impression is usually they have some set of possible theories that predict the exact result observed, then go on to do more experiments to distinguish between the predictions of those.
Really they should just drop the significance testing because it adds nothing and they don't seem any better at interpreting those tests than other fields. If I am wrong about all this and that aspect actually is crucial, then physics is in trouble...
My impression is usually they have some set of possible theories that predict the exact result observed, then go on to do more experiments to distinguish between the predictions of those.
Really they should just drop the significance testing because it adds nothing and they don't seem any better at interpreting those tests than other fields. If I am wrong about all this and that aspect actually is crucial, then physics is in trouble...