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by shaki-dora 3084 days ago
Sample size is, of course, one of the factors included in any analysis that gives you a p-value, or any other measure of confidence.

In this case, the abstract specifically mentions a "Bayes factor > 25". The Bayes Factor is the likelihood, i. e. the ratio of probabilities for two competing hypotheses. With no information whatsoever, it is 1. A factor of 25 means that the null hypothesis is 25 times as likely to be correct as the theory of ego depletion.