What a debate about p-values shows about science
Only badly designed experiments overrely on p-values.<p>A robustly designed experiment should produce repeatable, intuitive results. Anyone looking at the presented data should be able to reason the result without needing to conduct a statistical test.<p>Obviously, these tests are important, but people focus too much on the p-value rather than designing an experiment which will produce a meaningful result (regardless of whether the result is positive or negative).<p>Proper experimental design is like a cake, and p-values are the frosting. Everybody wants cake, most often with frosting. Nobody wants frosting without the cake, or at least those that do have questionable taste.