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A plea for Popperian significance testing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1998

Zeno G. Swijtink
Zeno G. Swijtink
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 94928 swijtink@sonoma.edu
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Abstract

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Even in a theory corroboration context, attention to effect size is called for if significance testing is to be of any value. I sketch a Popperian construal of significance tests that better fits into scientific inference as a whole. Because of its many errors Chow's book cannot be recommended to the novice.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , April 1998 , pp. 220 - 221
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© 1998 Cambridge University Press