In Reply to: Heads I win, tails you lose.... posted by regmac on August 4, 2014 at 17:40:32:
>So the subjectivist position could be summed up thus: If there is no
>audible difference the fault lies with the methodology, not the listening
>panel. However, if there is an audible difference then the methodology is
>sound. Is that about it?
No. All I am saying is that in a test where you need to apply formal
statistical analysis, it is impossible to prove a negative. Of course,
repeated tests where the results indicate no difference from what would
be achieved by chance could be interpreted as circumstantial evidence that
there is no audible difference. But that is a subjective judgment, not a
scientific one.
John Atkinson
Technical Editor, Stereophile
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