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Significance testing – does it need this defence?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1998

Günther Palm
Günther Palm
Affiliation:
Department of Neural Information Processing, University of Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germanypalm@neuro.informatik.uni-ulm.de
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Abstract

Chow's (1996) Statistical significance is a defence of null-hypothesis significance testing (NHSTP). The most common and straightforward use of significance testing is for the statistical corroboration of general hypotheses. In this case, criticisms of NHSTP, at least those mentioned in the book, are unfounded or misdirected. This point is driven home by the author a bit too forcefully and meticulously. The awkward and cumbersome organisation and argumentation of the book makes it even harder to read.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , April 1998 , pp. 214 - 215
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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