CONFIDENCE INTERVALS OR TESTS OF SIGNIFICANCE IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH?
Abstract
CRITICIZES D. BAKAN'S (SEE 41:2) COMMENTS DUE TO THE DIFFICULTY OF THE PROCEDURES HE RECOMMENDED. IN PARTICULAR, MORE ATTENTION TO PROCEDURES FOR CONSTRUCTING CONFIDENCE INTERVALS AND COMPUTING THE POWER OF TESTS OF HYPOTHESES IS RECOMMENDED, WITHIN THE NEYMAN-PEARSON APPROACH TO STATISTICAL INFERENCE. BOTH NEO-BAYESIAN PROCEDURES AND INEXPLICIT, INTUITIVE PROCEDURES ARE OPPOSED.