The appropriate use of null hypothesis testing.

摘要: The many criticisms of null hypothesis testing suggest when it is not useful and what should be used for. This article explores why its use appropriate. Null insufficient size effect important, but ideal for ordinal claims relating the order conditions, which are common in psychology. also determining beliefs, demonstrating sufficient evidential strength to support an claim, with evidence being 1 criterion a finding entering corpus legitimate findings line between currently set at p < .05; there little reason allowing experimenters select their own value alpha. Thus optimal method claim.