On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Warren wrote, in response to Milo Schield:
> So, we must be forced to decide between two competing hypotheses?
> H0: Use classical hypothesis testing
> H1: Use Bayesian analysis
Oh? Do you then believe that these two propositions are
(1) mutually exclusive and
(2) exhaustive ?
(_I_ don't...)
> Is there enough evidence to reject the null?
First, we'd need to agree on what constituters evidence...
> Or, what is the probability that the null is true if we reject it?
And we cannot answer this question in any case.
-- DFB.
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