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I have on some occasions received comments from editors or reviewers that p-values in tables should be reported by the asterisk notation. This does not seem to be consistent with ASAs recent statement on p-values (http://www.amstat.org/asa/files/pdfs/P-ValueStatement.pdf), particularly not with third principle ("Scientific conclusions and business or policy decisions should not be based only on whether a p-value passes a specific threshold."). This principle is, I think, equally important in tables as in the main text. In many tables, p-values are stated together with confidence intervals. While the whole confidence distribution is a substitute for a p-value, this is not necessarily the case for a single, often 95%, confidence interval.  In the asterisk notation p-values are only stated with a rather course categorization, and I have some problems with being associated with such a style of reporting. In some cases this may be necessary due to lack of space in a table, but this is not always the case. This requirement is in some cases based on reference to the APA style; perhaps ASA could contact the American Psychological Association to discuss this matter.

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Tore Wentzel-Larsen
Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway
Norwegian Centre for violence and traumatic stress studies

I have on some occasions received comments from editors or reviewers that p-values in tables should be reported by the asterisk notation. This does not seem to be consistent with ASAs recent statement on p-values (http://www.amstat.org/asa/files/pdfs/P-ValueStatement.pdf), particularly not with third principle ("Scientific conclusions and business or policy decisions should not be based only on whether a p-value passes a specific threshold."). This principle is, I think, equally important in tables as in the main text. In many tables, p-values are stated together with confidence intervals. While the whole confidence distribution is a substitute for a p-value, this is not necessarily the case for a single, often 95%, confidence interval.  In the asterisk notation p-values are only stated with a rather course categorization, and I have some problems with being associated with such a style of reporting. In some cases this may be necessary due to lack of space in a table, but this is not always the case. This requirement is in some cases based on reference to the APA style; perhaps ASA could contact the American Psychological Association to discuss this matter.

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Tore Wentzel-Larsen
Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway
Norwegian Centre for violence and traumatic stress studies

I have on some occasions received comments from editors or reviewers that p-values in tables should be reported by the asterisk notation. This does not seem to be consistent with ASAs recent statement on p-values (http://www.amstat.org/asa/files/pdfs/P-ValueStatement.pdf), particularly not with third principle ("Scientific conclusions and business or policy decisions should not be based only on whether a p-value passes a specific threshold."). This principle is, I think, equally important in tables as in the main text. In many tables, p-values are stated together with confidence intervals. While the whole confidence distribution is a substitute for a p-value, this is not necessarily the case for a single, often 95%, confidence interval.  In the asterisk notation p-values are only stated with a rather course categorization, and I have some problems with being associated with such a style of reporting. In some cases this may be necessary due to lack of space in a table, but this is not always the case. This requirement is in some cases based on reference to the APA style; perhaps ASA could contact the American Psychological Association to discuss this matter.

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Tore Wentzel-Larsen
Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway
Norwegian Centre for violence and traumatic stress studies

I have on some occasions received comments from editors or reviewers that p-values in tables should be reported by the asterisk notation. This does not seem to be consistent with ASAs recent statement on p-values (http://www.amstat.org/asa/files/pdfs/P-ValueStatement.pdf), particularly not with third principle ("Scientific conclusions and business or policy decisions should not be based only on whether a p-value passes a specific threshold."). This principle is, I think, equally important in tables as in the main text. In many tables, p-values are stated together with confidence intervals. While the whole confidence distribution is a substitute for a p-value, this is not necessarily the case for a single, often 95%, confidence interval.  In the asterisk notation p-values are only stated with a rather course categorization, and I have some problems with being associated with such a style of reporting. In some cases this may be necessary due to lack of space in a table, but this is not always the case. This requirement is in some cases based on reference to the APA style; perhaps ASA could contact the American Psychological Association to discuss this matter.

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Tore Wentzel-Larsen
Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway
Norwegian Centre for violence and traumatic stress studies

I have on some occasions received comments from editors or reviewers that p-values in tables should be reported by the asterisk notation. This does not seem to be consistent with ASAs recent statement on p-values (http://www.amstat.org/asa/files/pdfs/P-ValueStatement.pdf), particularly not with third principle ("Scientific conclusions and business or policy decisions should not be based only on whether a p-value passes a specific threshold."). This principle is, I think, equally important in tables as in the main text. In many tables, p-values are stated together with confidence intervals. While the whole confidence distribution is a substitute for a p-value, this is not necessarily the case for a single, often 95%, confidence interval.  In the asterisk notation p-values are only stated with a rather course categorization, and I have some problems with being associated with such a style of reporting. In some cases this may be necessary due to lack of space in a table, but this is not always the case. This requirement is in some cases based on reference to the APA style; perhaps ASA could contact the American Psychological Association to discuss this matter.

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Tore Wentzel-Larsen
Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway
Norwegian Centre for violence and traumatic stress studies

I have on some occasions received comments from editors or reviewers that p-values in tables should be reported by the asterisk notation. This does not seem to be consistent with ASAs recent statement on p-values (http://www.amstat.org/asa/files/pdfs/P-ValueStatement.pdf), particularly not with third principle ("Scientific conclusions and business or policy decisions should not be based only on whether a p-value passes a specific threshold."). This principle is, I think, equally important in tables as in the main text. In many tables, p-values are stated together with confidence intervals. While the whole confidence distribution is a substitute for a p-value, this is not necessarily the case for a single, often 95%, confidence interval.  In the asterisk notation p-values are only stated with a rather course categorization, and I have some problems with being associated with such a style of reporting. In some cases this may be necessary due to lack of space in a table, but this is not always the case. This requirement is in some cases based on reference to the APA style; perhaps ASA could contact the American Psychological Association to discuss this matter.

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Tore Wentzel-Larsen
Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway
Norwegian Centre for violence and traumatic stress studies

I have on some occasions received comments from editors or reviewers that p-values in tables should be reported by the asterisk notation. This does not seem to be consistent with ASAs recent statement on p-values (http://www.amstat.org/asa/files/pdfs/P-ValueStatement.pdf), particularly not with third principle ("Scientific conclusions and business or policy decisions should not be based only on whether a p-value passes a specific threshold."). This principle is, I think, equally important in tables as in the main text. In many tables, p-values are stated together with confidence intervals. While the whole confidence distribution is a substitute for a p-value, this is not necessarily the case for a single, often 95%, confidence interval.  In the asterisk notation p-values are only stated with a rather course categorization, and I have some problems with being associated with such a style of reporting. In some cases this may be necessary due to lack of space in a table, but this is not always the case. This requirement is in some cases based on reference to the APA style; perhaps ASA could contact the American Psychological Association to discuss this matter.

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Tore Wentzel-Larsen
Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway
Norwegian Centre for violence and traumatic stress studies

I have on some occasions received comments from editors or reviewers that p-values in tables should be reported by the asterisk notation. This does not seem to be consistent with ASAs recent statement on p-values (http://www.amstat.org/asa/files/pdfs/P-ValueStatement.pdf), particularly not with third principle ("Scientific conclusions and business or policy decisions should not be based only on whether a p-value passes a specific threshold."). This principle is, I think, equally important in tables as in the main text. In many tables, p-values are stated together with confidence intervals. While the whole confidence distribution is a substitute for a p-value, this is not necessarily the case for a single, often 95%, confidence interval.  In the asterisk notation p-values are only stated with a rather course categorization, and I have some problems with being associated with such a style of reporting. In some cases this may be necessary due to lack of space in a table, but this is not always the case. This requirement is in some cases based on reference to the APA style; perhaps ASA could contact the American Psychological Association to discuss this matter.

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Tore Wentzel-Larsen
Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway
Norwegian Centre for violence and traumatic stress studies

I have on some occasions received comments from editors or reviewers that p-values in tables should be reported by the asterisk notation. This does not seem to be consistent with ASAs recent statement on p-values (http://www.amstat.org/asa/files/pdfs/P-ValueStatement.pdf), particularly not with third principle ("Scientific conclusions and business or policy decisions should not be based only on whether a p-value passes a specific threshold."). This principle is, I think, equally important in tables as in the main text. In many tables, p-values are stated together with confidence intervals. While the whole confidence distribution is a substitute for a p-value, this is not necessarily the case for a single, often 95%, confidence interval.  In the asterisk notation p-values are only stated with a rather course categorization, and I have some problems with being associated with such a style of reporting. In some cases this may be necessary due to lack of space in a table, but this is not always the case. This requirement is in some cases based on reference to the APA style; perhaps ASA could contact the American Psychological Association to discuss this matter.

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Tore Wentzel-Larsen
Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway
Norwegian Centre for violence and traumatic stress studies

I have on some occasions received comments from editors or reviewers that p-values in tables should be reported by the asterisk notation. This does not seem to be consistent with ASAs recent statement on p-values (http://www.amstat.org/asa/files/pdfs/P-ValueStatement.pdf), particularly not with third principle ("Scientific conclusions and business or policy decisions should not be based only on whether a p-value passes a specific threshold."). This principle is, I think, equally important in tables as in the main text. In many tables, p-values are stated together with confidence intervals. While the whole confidence distribution is a substitute for a p-value, this is not necessarily the case for a single, often 95%, confidence interval.  In the asterisk notation p-values are only stated with a rather course categorization, and I have some problems with being associated with such a style of reporting. In some cases this may be necessary due to lack of space in a table, but this is not always the case. This requirement is in some cases based on reference to the APA style; perhaps ASA could contact the American Psychological Association to discuss this matter.

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Tore Wentzel-Larsen
Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway
Norwegian Centre for violence and traumatic stress studies

I have on some occasions received comments from editors or reviewers that p-values in tables should be reported by the asterisk notation. This does not seem to be consistent with ASAs recent statement on p-values (http://www.amstat.org/asa/files/pdfs/P-ValueStatement.pdf), particularly not with third principle ("Scientific conclusions and business or policy decisions should not be based only on whether a p-value passes a specific threshold."). This principle is, I think, equally important in tables as in the main text. In many tables, p-values are stated together with confidence intervals. While the whole confidence distribution is a substitute for a p-value, this is not necessarily the case for a single, often 95%, confidence interval.  In the asterisk notation p-values are only stated with a rather course categorization, and I have some problems with being associated with such a style of reporting. In some cases this may be necessary due to lack of space in a table, but this is not always the case. This requirement is in some cases based on reference to the APA style; perhaps ASA could contact the American Psychological Association to discuss this matter.

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Tore Wentzel-Larsen
Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway
Norwegian Centre for violence and traumatic stress studies

I have on some occasions received comments from editors or reviewers that p-values in tables should be reported by the asterisk notation. This does not seem to be consistent with ASAs recent statement on p-values (http://www.amstat.org/asa/files/pdfs/P-ValueStatement.pdf), particularly not with third principle ("Scientific conclusions and business or policy decisions should not be based only on whether a p-value passes a specific threshold."). This principle is, I think, equally important in tables as in the main text. In many tables, p-values are stated together with confidence intervals. While the whole confidence distribution is a substitute for a p-value, this is not necessarily the case for a single, often 95%, confidence interval.  In the asterisk notation p-values are only stated with a rather course categorization, and I have some problems with being associated with such a style of reporting. In some cases this may be necessary due to lack of space in a table, but this is not always the case. This requirement is in some cases based on reference to the APA style; perhaps ASA could contact the American Psychological Association to discuss this matter.

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Tore Wentzel-Larsen
Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway
Norwegian Centre for violence and traumatic stress studies

I have on some occasions received comments from editors or reviewers that p-values in tables should be reported by the asterisk notation. This does not seem to be consistent with ASAs recent statement on p-values (http://www.amstat.org/asa/files/pdfs/P-ValueStatement.pdf), particularly not with third principle ("Scientific conclusions and business or policy decisions should not be based only on whether a p-value passes a specific threshold."). This principle is, I think, equally important in tables as in the main text. In many tables, p-values are stated together with confidence intervals. While the whole confidence distribution is a substitute for a p-value, this is not necessarily the case for a single, often 95%, confidence interval.  In the asterisk notation p-values are only stated with a rather course categorization, and I have some problems with being associated with such a style of reporting. In some cases this may be necessary due to lack of space in a table, but this is not always the case. This requirement is in some cases based on reference to the APA style; perhaps ASA could contact the American Psychological Association to discuss this matter.

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Tore Wentzel-Larsen
Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway
Norwegian Centre for violence and traumatic stress studies

I have on some occasions received comments from editors or reviewers that p-values in tables should be reported by the asterisk notation. This does not seem to be consistent with ASAs recent statement on p-values (http://www.amstat.org/asa/files/pdfs/P-ValueStatement.pdf), particularly not with third principle ("Scientific conclusions and business or policy decisions should not be based only on whether a p-value passes a specific threshold."). This principle is, I think, equally important in tables as in the main text. In many tables, p-values are stated together with confidence intervals. While the whole confidence distribution is a substitute for a p-value, this is not necessarily the case for a single, often 95%, confidence interval.  In the asterisk notation p-values are only stated with a rather course categorization, and I have some problems with being associated with such a style of reporting. In some cases this may be necessary due to lack of space in a table, but this is not always the case. This requirement is in some cases based on reference to the APA style; perhaps ASA could contact the American Psychological Association to discuss this matter.

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Tore Wentzel-Larsen
Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway
Norwegian Centre for violence and traumatic stress studies

I have on some occasions received comments from editors or reviewers that p-values in tables should be reported by the asterisk notation. This does not seem to be consistent with ASAs recent statement on p-values (http://www.amstat.org/asa/files/pdfs/P-ValueStatement.pdf), particularly not with third principle ("Scientific conclusions and business or policy decisions should not be based only on whether a p-value passes a specific threshold."). This principle is, I think, equally important in tables as in the main text. In many tables, p-values are stated together with confidence intervals. While the whole confidence distribution is a substitute for a p-value, this is not necessarily the case for a single, often 95%, confidence interval.  In the asterisk notation p-values are only stated with a rather course categorization, and I have some problems with being associated with such a style of reporting. In some cases this may be necessary due to lack of space in a table, but this is not always the case. This requirement is in some cases based on reference to the APA style; perhaps ASA could contact the American Psychological Association to discuss this matter.

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Tore Wentzel-Larsen
Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway
Norwegian Centre for violence and traumatic stress studies

I have on some occasions received comments from editors or reviewers that p-values in tables should be reported by the asterisk notation. This does not seem to be consistent with ASAs recent statement on p-values (http://www.amstat.org/asa/files/pdfs/P-ValueStatement.pdf), particularly not with third principle ("Scientific conclusions and business or policy decisions should not be based only on whether a p-value passes a specific threshold."). This principle is, I think, equally important in tables as in the main text. In many tables, p-values are stated together with confidence intervals. While the whole confidence distribution is a substitute for a p-value, this is not necessarily the case for a single, often 95%, confidence interval.  In the asterisk notation p-values are only stated with a rather course categorization, and I have some problems with being associated with such a style of reporting. In some cases this may be necessary due to lack of space in a table, but this is not always the case. This requirement is in some cases based on reference to the APA style; perhaps ASA could contact the American Psychological Association to discuss this matter.

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Tore Wentzel-Larsen
Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway
Norwegian Centre for violence and traumatic stress studies

I have on some occasions received comments from editors or reviewers that p-values in tables should be reported by the asterisk notation. This does not seem to be consistent with ASAs recent statement on p-values (http://www.amstat.org/asa/files/pdfs/P-ValueStatement.pdf), particularly not with third principle ("Scientific conclusions and business or policy decisions should not be based only on whether a p-value passes a specific threshold."). This principle is, I think, equally important in tables as in the main text. In many tables, p-values are stated together with confidence intervals. While the whole confidence distribution is a substitute for a p-value, this is not necessarily the case for a single, often 95%, confidence interval.  In the asterisk notation p-values are only stated with a rather course categorization, and I have some problems with being associated with such a style of reporting. In some cases this may be necessary due to lack of space in a table, but this is not always the case. This requirement is in some cases based on reference to the APA style; perhaps ASA could contact the American Psychological Association to discuss this matter.

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Tore Wentzel-Larsen
Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway
Norwegian Centre for violence and traumatic stress studies

I have on some occasions received comments from editors or reviewers that p-values in tables should be reported by the asterisk notation. This does not seem to be consistent with ASAs recent statement on p-values (http://www.amstat.org/asa/files/pdfs/P-ValueStatement.pdf), particularly not with third principle ("Scientific conclusions and business or policy decisions should not be based only on whether a p-value passes a specific threshold."). This principle is, I think, equally important in tables as in the main text. In many tables, p-values are stated together with confidence intervals. While the whole confidence distribution is a substitute for a p-value, this is not necessarily the case for a single, often 95%, confidence interval.  In the asterisk notation p-values are only stated with a rather course categorization, and I have some problems with being associated with such a style of reporting. In some cases this may be necessary due to lack of space in a table, but this is not always the case. This requirement is in some cases based on reference to the APA style; perhaps ASA could contact the American Psychological Association to discuss this matter.

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Tore Wentzel-Larsen
Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway
Norwegian Centre for violence and traumatic stress studies

I have on some occasions received comments from editors or reviewers that p-values in tables should be reported by the asterisk notation. This does not seem to be consistent with ASAs recent statement on p-values (http://www.amstat.org/asa/files/pdfs/P-ValueStatement.pdf), particularly not with third principle ("Scientific conclusions and business or policy decisions should not be based only on whether a p-value passes a specific threshold."). This principle is, I think, equally important in tables as in the main text. In many tables, p-values are stated together with confidence intervals. While the whole confidence distribution is a substitute for a p-value, this is not necessarily the case for a single, often 95%, confidence interval.  In the asterisk notation p-values are only stated with a rather course categorization, and I have some problems with being associated with such a style of reporting. In some cases this may be necessary due to lack of space in a table, but this is not always the case. This requirement is in some cases based on reference to the APA style; perhaps ASA could contact the American Psychological Association to discuss this matter.

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Tore Wentzel-Larsen
Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway
Norwegian Centre for violence and traumatic stress studies