Moving beyond P values in The Journal of Physiology: A primer on the value of effect sizes and confidence intervals

Sean Williams¹, Richard Carson^{2

3

4}, Katalin Tóth⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
² Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
³ School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
⁴ School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
⁵ Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Editorial

Sean Williams et al. J Physiol. 2023 Dec.

. 2023 Dec;601(23):5131-5133.

doi: 10.1113/JP285575. Epub 2023 Oct 10.

Sean Williams¹, Richard Carson^{2

3

4}, Katalin Tóth⁵

¹ Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
² Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
³ School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
⁴ School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
⁵ Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

No abstract available

Comment in

Is the effect large enough to matter? Why exercise physiologists should interpret effect sizes meaningfully: a reply to Williams et al. (2023).
Mesquida C, Lakens D. Mesquida C, et al. J Physiol. 2024 Jan;602(1):241-242. doi: 10.1113/JP285901. Epub 2023 Nov 20. J Physiol. 2024. PMID: 37983637 No abstract available.
Confidence intervals are not a way of moving beyond P values.
Caldwell AR, Tenan MS. Caldwell AR, et al. J Physiol. 2024 Jan;602(2):413-414. doi: 10.1113/JP286050. Epub 2023 Dec 19. J Physiol. 2024. PMID: 38112447 No abstract available.

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