> At 02:29 PM 4/11/00 -0300, Robert Dawson wrote:
>
> > The problem is that failure to reject means *either* that the null
is
> >true *or* that the sample size too small *or* both;
>
and Dennis Roberts responded
>
> "or" both says then ... that the null IS true .... AND that sample size is
> TOO small ...
>
> >>>>> too small for what???
Too small for you to be able to show that the null is true.
-Robert
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