The Earth Is Round (p < .05)¶
Cohen, J. (1994). The Earth Is Round (p < .05). American Psychologist, 49(12), 997-1003.
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Primes¶
- False Dilemma
- Statistical inference — null-versus-alternative framings can collapse a continuum of effect sizes into a yes/no decision and suppress estimation, equivalence testing, and model comparison.
This sourceArgues null-hypothesis significance testing collapses a continuum of effect sizes into a reject/fail-to-reject binary and urges effect-size estimation and confidence intervals instead, supporting both the statistical-inference broad use and the formal hypothesis-testing example.
Supported in partVerified against the publisher's abstract
Cohen's abstract confirms NHST turns results into mechanical dichotomous decisions at a .05 criterion and urges effect-size estimation via confidence intervals, but it never mentions equivalence testing or model comparison.
“After 4 decades of severe criticism, the ritual of null hypothesis significance testing (mechanical dichotomous decisions around a sacred .05 criterion) still persists.”
- Statistical inference — null-versus-alternative framings can collapse a continuum of effect sizes into a yes/no decision and suppress estimation, equivalence testing, and model comparison.
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