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- Title
Hypothesis testing and theory evaluation at the boundaries: surprising insights from Bayes's theorem.
- Authors
Trafimow, David
- Abstract
Because the probability of obtaining an experimental finding given that the null hypothesis is true [p(F\H0)] is not the same as the probability that the null hypothesis is true given a finding [p(H0\F)], calculating the former probability does not justify conclusions about the latter one. As the standard null-hypothesis significance-testing procedure does just that, it is logically invalid (J. Cohen, 1994). Theoretically, Bayes's theorem yields p(H0\F), but in practice, researchers rarely know the correct values for 2 of the variables in the theorem. Nevertheless, by considering a wide range of possible values for the unknown variables, it is possible to calculate a range of theoretical values for p(H0\F) and to draw conclusions about both hypothesis testing and theory evaluation.
- Publication
Psychological review, 2003, Vol 110, Issue 3, p526
- ISSN
0033-295X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1037/0033-295x.110.3.526