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No one predicts "an absence of effect". Don't worry, it took me years of reading the literature, running my own simulations, and having discussions in person an
by nonbel 10y ago
No one predicts "an absence of effect". Don't worry, it took me years of reading the literature, running my own simulations, and having discussions in person and online. It is really difficult to accept how bad this is.
- omginternets 10y agoPlease stop being condescending and actually explain yourself. >No one predicts "an absence of effect" In my field, we most certainly do predict an absence of an effect, in the following sense: 1. if a manipulation does not have an effect on the system, then we expect no systematic deviations in the measurement distribution 2. point 1 will be revealed by H0 (no systematic change in measurement distribution across conditions) not being rejected. It's beginning to sound like you've encountered people who misuse or misinterpret this technique -- and I agree that there are alarmingly many such people -- but this is different from the technique being invalid.