Doing Bayesian Data Analysis, 2nd Edition

Chapter 11

Null Hypothesis Significance Testing

Contents

11.1 Paved with Good Intentions   300

11.1.1 Definition of p value   300

11.1.2 With intention to fix N   302

11.1.3 With intention to fix z   305

11.1.4 With intention to fix duration   308

11.1.5 With intention to make multiple tests   310

11.1.6 Soul searching   313

11.1.7 Bayesian analysis   314

11.2 Prior Knowledge   315

11.2.1 NHST analysis   315

11.2.2 Bayesiananalysis   315

11.2.2.1 Priors are overt and relevant   317

11.3 Confidence Interval and Highest Density Interval   317

11.3.1 CI depends on intention   318

11.3.1.1 CI is not a distribution   323

11.3.2 Bayesian HDI   324

11.4 Multiple Comparisons   325

11.4.1 NHST correction for experimentwise error   325

11.4.2 Just one ...