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Some statistical misconceptions in Chow's Statistical significance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1998

Jacques Poitevineau  and
Bruno Lecoutre
Jacques Poitevineau
Affiliation:
LCPE, C.N.R.S., 92120 Montrouge, Francejacques.poitevineau@ens.fr
Bruno Lecoutre
Affiliation:
C.N.R.S. et Université de Rouen, 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex, Francebruno.lecoutre@univ-rouen.fr http://epeire.univ-rouen.fr/labos/eris
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Abstract

Chow's book makes a provocative contribution to the debate on the role of statistical significance, but it involves some important misconceptions in the presentation of the Fisher and Neyman/Pearson's theories. Moreover, the author's caricature-like considerations about “Bayesianism” are completely irrelevant for discarding the Bayesian statistical theory. These facts call into question the objectivity of his contribution.

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

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