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Significance tests cannot be justified in theory-corroboration experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1998

Marks R. Nester
Affiliation:
Queensland Forestry Research Institute, MS 483, Fraser Road, Gympie, 4570, Australia nesterm@qfril.se2.dpi.qld.gov.au
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Chow's one-tailed null-hypothesis significance-test procedure, with its rationale based on the elimination of chance influences, is not appropriate for theory-corroboration experiments. Estimated effect sizes and their associated standard errors or confidence limits will always suffice.

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© 1998 Cambridge University Press