In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Richard M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I know that it is possible to reject an hypothesis that is not equal to zero >(like a difference of 0.5 standard deviation or a correlation less or equal >to .20). But I wonder whether we still call such an hypothesis the "NULL" >hypothesis.
The problem of composite "null" hypotheses is difficult. -- This address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Deptartment of Statistics, Purdue University [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
