Hypothesis Testing Reconsidered

Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The basics of hypothesis testing; 3. Robustness of the Two-sample t-test; 4. Adding data increases the Type I error rate: optional stopping; 5. ANOVA can be extremely conservative; 6. ANOVA handles only one type of multiple testing problem; 7. Power analyses should consider all relevant tests; 8. The only p-value you can plan for is zero; 9. Subjects and trials do not trade off evenly; 10. Replication is a poor way to control Type I error; 11. Identifying improper methods through excess success; 12. Preregistration may be useful but is not necessary for good science; 13. Hypothesis testing is a variation of signal detection theory; 14. Using signal detection theory to analyze reported results of hypothesis testing; 15. Conclusions.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory Francis, Gregory (Purdue University Francis, Francis Gregory
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781108730716
• ISBN: 978-1-108-73071-6
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Perception
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology