The Challenges and Flaws of Interpreting Results with Statistical Significance

The researchers and policymakers need to be made aware of the challenges and flaws of null hypothesis significance testing. When writing and interpreting the results of research articles and policy papers, one should be able to critique the findings and suggestions.

This article is inspired by the talk given by T S Krishnan (IIM Nagpur) at NIT-Calicut and from the discussions of the Academy of Management Research Methods Symposium, in Chicago, IL, in August 2018. The authors thank T S Krishnan (IIM Nagpur) for reading this manuscript and providing valuable suggestions and Althaf S (NIT-C) for providing valuable guidance and direction while writing this article. The authors are also thankful for the reviewer’s suggestions and comments.