Review
`This book provides a thorough evaluation of the arguments for and against the use of statistical testing in empirical research.... [It] is an important contribution to the debate on rationale, validity and utility of statistical testing procedures. It will be of interest to those statisticians, epidemiologists and clinicians who, on a daily basis, test hypothesis after hypothesis using the NHSTP but are wary of making wide-ranging inferences based solely on the dichotomous outcome from a statistical test, and choose instead to adopt a more methodological approach to data analysis.' -
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
Product Description
This comprehensive and accessible book provides an overview of the central and most fundamental methodological issue for empirical researchers - how should we interpret statistical significance?
Beginning with a thorough introduction to null-hypothesis testing and statistical significance, the book then advances the arguments for and against the current interpretations and the use of significance testing in research.
Siu L Chow presents a coherent challenge to contemporary criticisms of significance testing and offers a substantial and thought-provoking contribution to the debate on the proper role of statistical significance in empirical research.