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The harm done by tests of significance
1ezra.hauer@utoronto.ca
Accident; Analysis and Prevention
|March 9, 2004
Abstract:
Three historical episodes in which the application of null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) led to the mis-interpretation of data are described. It is argued that the pervasive use of this statistical ritual impedes the accumulation of knowledge and is unfit for use.