And all this time I thought it was a tongue-in-cheek way of saying,
"find an answer to the wrong question." Ah! How thick of me. :)
Jay
Karl L. Wuensch wrote:
> Recently there was a discussion here involving the phrase "Type III
> errors." I noted that others have used that phrase to mean inferring
> the incorrect direction of effect after rejecting a nondirectional
> hypothesis, but I was unable to give references. This week I stumbled
> across references to such use of the term. Interested parties may
> consult the article by Leventhal and Huynh (Psychological Methods,
> 1996, 1, 278-292). They recommend that the probability of making a
> Type III error be subtracted from the probability of correctly
> rejecting the nondirectional null when computing power (since it is
> common practice to infer a direction of effect following rejection of
> a nondirectional null.
>
> I have posted a summary of the article at:
> http://core.ecu.edu/psyc/wuenschk/StatHelp/Type_III.htm
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Karl L. Wuensch, Department of Psychology,
> East Carolina University, Greenville NC 27858-4353
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