When Null Hypothesis Significance Testing Is Unsuitable for Research: A Reassessment

Null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) has several shortcomings that are likely contributing factors behind the widely debated replication crisis of (cognitive) neuroscience, psychology, and biomedical science in general. We review these shortcomings and suggest that, after sustained negative e...

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Main Authors: Denes Szucs, John P. A. Ioannidis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00390/full