Why we habitually engage in null-hypothesis significance testing: A qualitative study

• Jonah Stunt ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: j.stunt@erasmusmc.nl

  Affiliations Department of Health Sciences, Section of Methodology and Applied Statistics, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7784-360X

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• Leonie van Grootel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Health Sciences, Section of Methodology and Applied Statistics, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Rathenau Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands

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• Lex Bouter,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Philosophy, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2659-5482

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• David Trafimow,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Psychology Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States of America

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• Trynke Hoekstra,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Section of Methodology and Applied Statistics, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Michiel de Boer

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Health Sciences, Section of Methodology and Applied Statistics, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of General Practice and Elderly Care, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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