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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

New paper: Blaming the Thermometer for the Fever: Separating Misapplication from Method in Null Hypothesis Significance Testing, with @laabho.bsky.social and @jnwulff.bsky.social. We – strongly – push back on criticisms against NHST and argue for proper application. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... >

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Blaming the Thermometer for the Fever: Separating Misapplication from Method in Null Hypothesis Significance Testing

In empirical research, Null Hypothesis Significance Testing (NHST) is the most common methodology to interpret research findings and make inferences, particular

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Lau Holgersen @laabho.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

New preprint with @lakens.bsky.social and @jnwulff.bsky.social: Blaming the Thermometer for the Fever: Separating Misapplication from Method in NHST NHST gets blamed—mostly for problems it did not cause. We separate misuse from method and suggest potential paths forward ssrn.com/abstract=521...

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Blaming the Thermometer for the Fever: Separating Misapplication from Method in Null Hypothesis Significance Testing

In empirical research, Null Hypothesis Significance Testing (NHST) is the most common methodology to interpret research findings and make inferences, particular

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Lau Holgersen @laabho.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

This seems to be the scarcity effect in action, along with the whole mythology of artists dying young. Students are certainly taking McCartney’s songs for granted, it would seem

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