From matloff at cs.ucdavis.edu  Sat Feb  9 19:48:01 2013
From: matloff at cs.ucdavis.edu (Norm Matloff)
Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 10:48:01 -0800
Subject: [Rd] Regression stars
Message-ID: <20130209184801.GD14037@laura>

Thanks for bringing this up, Frank.

Since many of us are "educators," I'd like to suggest a bolder approach.
Discontinue even offering the stars as an option.  Sadly, we can't stop
reporting p-values, as the world expects them, but does R need to cater
to that attitude by offering star display?  For that matter, why not
have R report confidence intervals as a default?

Many years ago, I wrote a short textbook on stat, and included a
substantial section on the dangers of significance testing.  All three
internal reviewers liked it, but the funny part is that all three said,
"I agree with this, but no one else will." :-)

Norm



[Rd] Regression stars
Norm Matloff