WHAT IF THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANCE TESTS - HARLOW,LL, MULAIK,SA, STEIGER,JH

The impressive 1997 edited volume What If There Were No Significance T ests? is reviewed. The book is applauded for its comprehensive conside ration of the pros and cons of statistical hypothesis testing (and alt ernatives) in psychological and educational research. The highlights o f each chapter are summarized along with each contributor's presumed s tance on the focal to-test-or-not-to-test question. Also included is t he reviewer's personal set of recommendations for transforming statist ical hypothesis testing, as it is currently practiced, into an intelli gent process that is capable of yielding more informative scientific r eturns.