Confidence intervals permit, but don't guarantee, better inference than statistical significance testing

A statistically significant result, and a non-significant result may differ little, although significance status may tempt an interpretation of difference. Two studies are reported that compared interpretation of such results presented using null hypothesis significance testing (NHST), or confidenc...

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Main Authors: Melissa Coulson, Michelle Healey, Fiona Fidler, Geoff Cumming
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00026/full