IN PRAISE OF THE NULL HYPOTHESIS STATISTICAL TEST

Jacob Cohen (1994) raised a number of questions about the logic and in formation value of the null hypothesis statistical test (NHST). Specif ically, he suggested that: (a) The NHST does not tell us what Mie want to know, (b) the null hypothesis is always false; and (c) the NHST la cks logical integrity. It is the author's view that although there may be good reasons to give up the NHST, these particular points made by Cohen are not among those reasons. When addressing these points, the a uthor also attempts to demonstrate the elegance and usefulness of the NHST.