title: Explicit consideration of critical effect sizes and costs of errors can improve decision-making in plant science.
authors.affiliation: University of New Brunswick, 100 Tucker Park Road, Saint John, NB, E2L 4L5, Canada.
authors.forename: Joseph F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Mudge
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D008954:Models, Biological; D010944:Plants; D018401:Sample Size; D012586:Science; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Type I error; Type II error; costs of errors; critical effect size; decision-making; null hypothesis significance test; policy decisions; significance threshold