Comments and recommendations regarding the hypothesis testing controversy

被引：16

作者：

Bonett, Douglas G. ^{[1
]}

Wright, Thomas A.

机构：

[1] Iowa State Univ, Dept Stat, Ames, IA 50011 USA

[2] Iowa State Univ, Dept Psychol, Ames, IA 50011 USA

[3] Univ Nevada, Managerial Sci Dept, Reno, NV 89557 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR | 2007年 / 28卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1002/job.448

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Hypothesis tests are routinely misinterpreted in scientific research. Specifically, the failure to reject a null hypothesis is often interpreted as support for the null hypothesis while the rejection of a null hypothesis is often interpreted as evidence of an important finding. Many of the most frequently used hypothesis tests are "non-informative" because the null hypothesis is known to be false prior to hypothesis testing. We discuss the limitations of non-informative hypothesis tests and explain why confidence intervals should be used in their place. Several examples illustrate the use and interpretation of confidence intervals. Copyright (c) 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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