Abstract
Chapter 3 provides a brief overview of null hypothesis significance testing and points out its primary defects. It then outlines the neo-Fisherian account of tests of statistical significance, along with a second option contained in the philosophy of statistics known as the error-statistical philosophy, both of which are defensible. Tests of statistical significance are the most widely used means for evaluating hypotheses and theories in psychology. A massive critical literature has developed in psychology, and the behavioral sciences more generally, regarding the worth of these tests. The chapter provides a list of important lessons learned from the ongoing debates about tests of significance.
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