| The Significance Test Controversy Revisited: The Fiducial Bayesian Alternative 2014 Edition Contributor(s): Lecoutre, Bruno (Author), Poitevineau, Jacques (Author) |
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ISBN: 3662440458 ISBN-13: 9783662440452 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $66.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2014 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Probability & Statistics - General - Computers | Mathematical & Statistical Software |
| Dewey: 519.5 |
| Series: Springerbriefs in Statistics |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.48 lbs) 134 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The purpose of this book is not only to revisit the "significance test controversy,"but also to provide a conceptually sounder alternative. As such, it presents a Bayesian framework for a new approach to analyzing and interpreting experimental data. It also prepares students and researchers for reporting on experimental results. Normative aspects: The main views of statistical tests are revisited and the philosophies of Fisher, Neyman-Pearson and Jeffrey are discussed in detail. Descriptive aspects: The misuses of Null Hypothesis Significance Tests are reconsidered in light of Jeffreys' Bayesian conceptions concerning the role of statistical inference in experimental investigations. Prescriptive aspects: The current effect size and confidence interval reporting practices are presented and seriously questioned. Methodological aspects are carefully discussed and fiducial Bayesian methods are proposed as a more suitable alternative for reporting on experimental results. In closing, basic routine procedures regarding the means and their generalization to the most common ANOVA applications are presented and illustrated. All the calculations discussed can be easily carried out using the freeware LePAC package. |