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Statistical significance testing, hypothetico-deductive method, and theory evaluation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2000

Brian D. Haig
Brian D. Haig
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New [email protected] www.psyc.canterbury.ac.nz
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Abstract

Chow's endorsement of a limited role for null hypothesis significance testing is a needed corrective of research malpractice, but his decision to place this procedure in a hypothetico-deductive framework of Popperian cast is unwise. Various failures of this version of the hypothetico-deductive method have negative implications for Chow's treatment of significance testing, meta-analysis, and theory evaluation.

Type
Continuing Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , April 2000 , pp. 292 - 293
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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