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Setting an Optimal α That Minimizes Errors in Null Hypothesis Significance Tests

Null hypothesis significance testing has been under attack in recent years, partly owing to the arbitrary nature of setting α (the decision-making threshold and probability of Type I error) at a constant value, usually 0.05. If the goal of null hypothesis testing is to present conclusions in which w...

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Autores principales: Mudge, Joseph F., Baker, Leanne F., Edge, Christopher B., Houlahan, Jeff E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3289673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22389720
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032734