Chow's defense of null-hypothesis testing: Too traditional?

Journal/Book: Behav Brain Sci. 1998; 21: 40 West 20TH Street, New York, NY 10011-4211. Cambridge Univ Press. 199.

Abstract: I disagree with several of Chow's traditional descriptions and justifications of null hypothesis testing: (1) accepting the null hypothesis whenever p > .05; (2) random sampling from a population; (3) the frequentist interpretation of probability; (4) having the null hypothesis generate both a probability distribution and a complement of the desired conclusion: (5) assuming that researchers must fix their sample size before performing their study.

Note: Editorial Frick RW, SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Psychol, Stony Brook,NY 11790 USA

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