Reply to Drummond and Vowler: statistics or the philosophy of statistics?

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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The Philosophy of Statistics

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D (The Statistician) ◽

10.1111/1467-9884.00238 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 49 (3) ◽

pp. 293-337 ◽

Cited By ~ 109

Author(s):

Dennis V. Lindley

Keyword(s):

Philosophy Of Statistics

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Erich L. Lehmann’s Work on the Philosophy of Statistics

Selected Works of E. L. Lehmann ◽

10.1007/978-1-4614-1412-4_87 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1043-1045

Author(s):

Javier Rojo

Keyword(s):

Philosophy Of Statistics

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On the Philosophy of Statistics

Journal of the Institute of Actuaries and Assurance Magazine ◽

10.1017/s2046167400043871 ◽

1872 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 37-56 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

W. S. B. Woolhouse

Keyword(s):

Mathematical Theory ◽

Philosophy Of Statistics ◽

True Science

Statistics, generally considered, is a term of very comprehensive import, and is to be understood as having reference to an important collection of facts properly arranged and systematized in the form of numerical tables, for the purpose of conveying such information or data as may best assist in the investigation and discussion of particular subjects of inquiry. The general principles applicable to these investigations are, for the most part, intimately allied with the mathematical theory of probabilities, and constitute the true science of statistics. It will, moreover, be found, on examination, that the same identical principles lie at the foundation of all the physical and inductive sciences so far as they originally and necessarily depend upon experiment and observation.

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