THE NON-SIGNIFICANCE OF STRAW MAN ARGUMENTS

Authors
WALLER NG JOHNSON WO
Citation
Ng. Waller et Wo. Johnson, THE NON-SIGNIFICANCE OF STRAW MAN ARGUMENTS, Behavioral and brain sciences, 21(2), 1998, pp. 226
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Biological",Neurosciences,"Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Behavioral and brain sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
0140525X
Volume
21
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(1998)21:2<226:TNOSMA>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We demonstrate that Statistical significance (Chow 1996) includes stra w man arguments against (1) effect size, (2) meta-analysis, and (3) Ba yesianism. We agree with the author that in experimental designs, H-0 ''is the effect of chance influences on die data-collection procedure ... it says nothing about the substantive hypothesis or its logical co mplement'' (Chow 1996, p. 41).