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[–] taiyang 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, I used to work in a field with huge samples so significance wasn't really all that useful. I usually just report significant coefficients and try to make clear what changes by model. For instance, if a type of curriculum showed improvements on test scores, you simply say how much and, possibly, illustrate it by saying if a person went from 50th percentile to 55th percentile.

Every field varies, though. I find it crazy how much psychologists I've worked with cared about r-squared. To each their own, I guess.