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- Title
Ziliak and McCloskey's Criticisms of Significance Tests: An Assessment.
- Authors
Mayer, Thomas
- Abstract
The article focuses on the views of authors Stephen Ziliak and D. N. McCloskey on significance tests. It cites the authors book titled "The Cult of Statistical Significance," in which they argue significance testing has no theoretical justification. It also mentions the errors in the application of significance testing that are likely to cause readers to draw wrong conclusions on substantive issues.
- Subjects
STATISTICAL hypothesis testing; EXPERIMENTAL design; STATISTICAL significance; ANALYSIS of variance; MCCLOSKEY, D. N.; ZILIAK, Stephen Thomas, 1963-
- Publication
Econ Journal Watch, 2012, Vol 9, Issue 3, p256
- ISSN
1933-527X
- Publication type
Article