Significance tests cannot be justified in theory-corroboration experiments

Abstract

Chow's one-tailed null-hypothesis significance-test procedure, with its rationale based on the elimination of chance influences, is not appropriate for theory-corroboration experiments. Estimated effect sizes and their associated standard errors or confidence limits will always suffice.

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10.1017/s0140525x98421162

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