The Significance Test Controversy Revisited The Fiducial Bayesian Alternative /

• Main Authors: Lecoutre, Bruno (Author), Poitevineau, Jacques (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Statistics,
• Subjects: Statistics.; Statistical Theory and Methods.; Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs.

The purpose of this book is not only to revisit the “significance test controversy,”but also to provide a conceptually sounder alternative. As such, it presents a Bayesian framework for a new approach to analyzing and interpreting experimental data. It also prepares students and researchers for repo...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Preamble - Frequentist and Bayesian Inference
• The Fisher, Neyman-Pearson and Jeffreys Views of Statistical Tests
• GHOST: An Officially Recommended Practice
• The Significance Test Controversy Revisited
• Reporting Effect Sizes: The New Star System
• Reporting Confidence Intervals: A Paradoxical Situation
• Basic Fiducial Bayesian Procedures for Inference About Means
• Generalizations and Methodological Considerations for ANOVA
• Conclusion
• Index.