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Fig 1.

Distribution of directly reported p values (restricted to .001–.15).

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Fig 2.

Distribution of directly reported p values (restricted to .001–.15, equal weight of each paper).

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Table 1.

Distribution of number of “just significant” (.045–.050] and “almost significant” (.050–.055) directly reported p values per paper.

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Fig 3.

Distribution of re-calculated actual p values (restricted to .001–.15).

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Fig 4.

Distribution of re-calculated actual p values (restricted to .001–.15, equal weight of each paper).

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Fig 5.

Frequency of reporting directly over intervals of actual p value (rounded up).

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Fig 6.

Frequency of use of one-sided tests given actual one-sided p values (printed above each bar rather than on the axis and with percent sign omitted for greater readability, rounded up).

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Table 2.

Actual rounding in roundable downs and roundable ups.

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Table 3.

Rounded and not rounded p values in the (.02-.03) interval.

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Fig 7.

Fraction of mistakes leading to the reported p value being lower rather than higher than the actual p value, over the calculated p value (rounded up, percent sign omitted).

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Table 4.

Distribution of number of mistakes per paper.

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