Persistent Confusions about Hypothesis Testing in the Social Sciences
This paper analyzes common confusions involving basic concepts in statistical hypothesis testing. One-third of the social science statistics textbooks examined in the study contained false statements about significance level and/or p-value. We infer that a large proportion of social scientists are b...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2015-05-01
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| Series: | Social Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/4/2/361 |