On the position of statistical significance in the epistemology of experimental science

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 21 (2):195-195 (1998)
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Although various statistical measures may have other valid uses, the single purpose served by statistical significance testing in the epistemology of experimental science is as a peremptory rebuttal of one potential alternative interpretation of the data.

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