And here's their concluding paragraph explaining their rationale and objective:
We conclude with one last thought. Some might view
the NHSTP[1] ban as indicating that it will be easier to
publish in BASP, or that less rigorous manuscripts will
be acceptable. This is not so. On the contrary, we
believe that the p < .05 bar is too easy to pass and sometimes
serves as an excuse for lower quality research. We hope
and anticipate that banning the NHSTP will have the
effect of increasing the quality of submitted manuscripts
by liberating authors from the stultified structure of
NHSTP thinking thereby eliminating an important
obstacle to creative thinking. The NHSTP has dominated
psychology for decades; we hope that by instituting
the first NHSTP ban, we demonstrate that
psychology does not need the crutch of the NHSTP,
and that other journals follow suit.
And here's their concluding paragraph explaining their rationale and objective:
[1] NHSTP = null hypothesis significance testing procedure