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First time I've heard that NHST could be a source of issues with science. I've heard about p-hacking issues or frequentist statistics getting the blame, but NH
by fouc 8y ago
First time I've heard that NHST could be a source of issues with science. I've heard about p-hacking issues or frequentist statistics getting the blame, but NHST being a root cause seems plausible in retrospect.
Thanks!
- nonbel 8y agoGreat to hear you are interested in this problem. It is a huge one that goes mostly ignored. Afaict, the p-hacking/etc people usually focus on are red herrings caused by the incompatibility of NHST and scientific research. Eg, it is good thing for a scientist to analyze the data in a bunch of different ways. It is definitely not something that should be punished.
- kiliantics 8y agoCalculating p-values falls under hypothesis testing
- nonbel 8y ago1) Hypothesis testing, significance testing, and NHST are all different things 2) P-values seem ok as a way to check how well your model fits the data. The problem is testing a strawman model/hypothesis.