The Significance Test Controversy Revisited
The Fiducial Bayesian Alternative
Authors: Lecoutre, Bruno, Poitevineau, Jacques
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- Gives a genuine understanding of statistical inference procedures
- Provides a Bayesian framework for a new approach to experimental data analysis and interpretation
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The purpose of this book is not only to revisit the “significance test controversy,”but also to provide a conceptually sounder alternative. As such, it presents a Bayesian framework for a new approach to analyzing and interpreting experimental data. It also prepares students and researchers for reporting on experimental results. Normative aspects: The main views of statistical tests are revisited and the philosophies of Fisher, Neyman-Pearson and Jeffrey are discussed in detail. Descriptive aspects: The misuses of Null Hypothesis Significance Tests are reconsidered in light of Jeffreys’ Bayesian conceptions concerning the role of statistical inference in experimental investigations. Prescriptive aspects: The current effect size and confidence interval reporting practices are presented and seriously questioned. Methodological aspects are carefully discussed and fiducial Bayesian methods are proposed as a more suitable alternative for reporting on experimental results. In closing, basic routine procedures regarding the means and their generalization to the most common ANOVA applications are presented and illustrated. All the calculations discussed can be easily carried out using the freeware LePAC package.
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Introduction
Pages 1-7
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Preamble—Frequentist and Bayesian Inference
Pages 9-20
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The Fisher, Neyman–Pearson and Jeffreys Views of Statistical Tests
Pages 21-38
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GHOST: An Officially Recommended Practice
Pages 39-47
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The Significance Test Controversy Revisited
Pages 49-62
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Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Significance Test Controversy Revisited
- Book Subtitle
- The Fiducial Bayesian Alternative
- Authors
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- Bruno Lecoutre
- Jacques Poitevineau
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Statistics
- Copyright
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-662-44046-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-662-44046-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-662-44045-2
- Series ISSN
- 2191-544X
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 134
- Number of Illustrations
- 1 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
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