After statistics reform

Tony Hak

ERIM Report Series Research in Management from Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam

Abstract: In the longer term null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) will disappear because p- values are not informative and not replicable. Should we continue to teach in the future the procedures of then abolished routines (i.e., NHST)? Three arguments are discussed for not teaching NHST in introductory courses in inferential statistics: NHST is too difficult for introductory courses; dichotomous thinking is a cognitive obstacle for interpretation; students can find relevant information in research reports without knowing NHST.

Keywords: statistics; cognition; teaching; estimation; null hypothesis significance testing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-01-15
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