The Biggest Myth About P-Values(realclearscience.com)

1 pointsby benpiper5 ปีที่แล้ว2 comments

https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2016/11/07/httpwwwrealclearsciencecomblog20161107httpwwwrealclearsciencecomblog20161102httpwwwrealclearsciencecomblog201610the_biggest_myth_about_the_p-value.html

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clove5 ปีที่แล้ว

The null hypothesis is usually a strawman. People who use a p-value alone in hypothesis testing are essentially making a decision based on the integral of the tail area of a curve built on a strawman. Are there not better decision-making tools?

Not only do hypothesis tests not require p-values, but p-values are not even the full problem. Null hypothesis significance testing itself is too often treated as the go-to solution for a statistical problem. Not every stage of a study needs a hypothesis test.

spindle5 ปีที่แล้ว

This is a very very short article that doesn't say much! But it quotes Steven Goodman, who has been one of the best and clearest thinkers on foundations of statistics for a long time IMO, so anyone who wants more could follow up on his name.