NHST is still logically flawed

PSYCHOLOGY MUST MOVE BEYOND FLAWED NHST PRACTICES Psychology is addicted to null hypothesis significance testing (NHST), despite decades

Psychology remains addicted to null hypothesis significance testing despite decades of effort by reformers. Extensive changes in statistical understanding and practices are needed. The authors propose a model of reform—the statistical re-education of psychology—by making an analogy with the conceptual change model of learning. Four diverse components of reform are identified, and illustrated by...

Special Sciences: still a flawed argument after all these years

Jerry Fodor has argued that the multiple realizability argument, as discussed in his original “Special Sciences” article, “refutes psychophysical reductionism once and for all.” I argue that his argument in “Special Sciences” does no such thing. Furthermore, if one endorses the physicalism that most supporters of the “Special Sciences” view endorse, special science laws must be reducible, in pr...

NHST and Related Problems

adopt the author’s assertions. In particular, the purpose of scientific research articles is to devise a certain law or hypothesis on the basis of the researcher’s observations or collected data and to persuade with the law or the hypothesis. For effective persuasion, the expression as well as the assertion should be logical. A method which is used extensively in a number of scientific research...

is ddh still a problem?

developmental dysplasia of the hip (ddh) is the most frequent developmental disorder of the locomotor system. it is detected among 0.1–5.2% of newborns (1, 2). this might be the reason, that there is a high interest to detect ddh cases as early as possible. undetected or late cases lead to catastrophes for the patient and family. limping, leg length discrepancy, pain, frequent operations and so...

Summary of NHST for 18.05