Science is not a signal detection problem.
null hypothesis significance testing
replication crisis
signal detection theory
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
ISSN: 1091-6490
Titre abrégé: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7505876
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
17 03 2020
17 03 2020
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Résumé
The perceived replication crisis and the reforms designed to address it are grounded in the notion that science is a binary signal detection problem. However, contrary to null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) logic, the magnitude of the underlying effect size for a given experiment is best conceptualized as a random draw from a continuous distribution, not as a random draw from a dichotomous distribution (null vs. alternative). Moreover, because continuously distributed effects selected using a
Identifiants
pubmed: 32127477
pii: 1914237117
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1914237117
pmc: PMC7084063
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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Pagination
5559-5567Commentaires et corrections
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no competing interest.
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