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RE: Significance tests come into play when you are concern about whether a sample misrepresents the population

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In Reply to: RE: Significance tests come into play when you are concern about whether a sample misrepresents the population. posted by Norm on July 03, 2009 at 11:07:56

Statistical hypothesis testing is too often used as a substitute for the "goodness" of an effect. But this is dependent on sample size and other factors. It's just a lazy way to put a pseudo-scientific stamp of approval on whatever findings were developed. In an audio double-blind test, you might get a significant result without your ears registering enough of an effect to make it worthwhile. Now this is disregarding all the other problems that may make the test worthless or invalid.

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Yep, if only Fisher had call statistical inference rather than significance, we would be better off. nt - Norm 09:34:06 07/06/09 (0)

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