What are they thinking? For all its shortcomings, NHST at least spares us from the self-promoting individuals who are willing to interpret a difference between 42.1967 and 42.1972 and a "trend" that supports their pet hypothesis.
Just wait til the junk scientists get their hands on this as a legitimate practice. What fun. Let's bring back the apricot pit treatments for leukemia! Evidence that vaccines do induce autism (some small difference between rates in vaccinated and unvaccinated kids). Yippee! I'm with ASA on this one. _____________________________________________ Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment University of West Florida Pensacola, FL 32514 Phone: (850) 857-6355 (direct) or 473-7435 (CUTLA) [email protected] CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/offices/cutla/ <http://uwf.edu/cutla/> Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Mike Palij <[email protected]> wrote: > Previously on TiPS, the policy change by the editors > of the journal "Basic and Applied Social Psychology" > (BASP) to ban Null Hypothesis Statistical Testing (NHST) > or to make believe it doesn't exist by allowing authors > to do statistical tests but not report them in their articles > has been discussed as it has been in many other forums. > Regardless of one's views on the policy change (i.e., a > brilliant strategy to minimize the alleged damage done > by NHST [Geoff Cumming being one advocate of this > position] or a move by knuckleheads in order to draw > attention to journal that could use a boost in circulation), > the American Statistical Association has decided that it > must provide an official statement on BASP's policy as > well as any other journal's potential shift in that direction. > However, making such a statement will take time so, for now, > here is their statement of intent: > http://community.amstat.org/blogs/ronald-wasserstein/2015/ > 02/26/asa-comment-on-a-journals-ban-on-null-hypothesis-statistical-testing > > Quoting from the statement: > > |The ASA encourages the editors of this journal and others > |who might share their concerns to consider what is offered > |in the ASA statement to appear later this year and not > |discard the proper and appropriate use of statistical inference. > > Of course, psychologists being the brilliant statistical wizards > that they are, will probably ignore what the ASA says (after all, > the ASA ignores the APA and doesn't follow APA style for its > journals ;-). But in the meantime, BASP will probably have > benefited from the attention -- considering that there is no such > thing as bad advertising. ;-) > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13144. > 1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d550&n=T&l=tips&o=42488 > or send a blank email to leave-42488-13144.1572ed60024e708cf21c4c6f19e7d5 > [email protected] > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=42496 or send a blank email to leave-42496-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
