5

Replication

What's likely to happen if you repeat an experiment? Suppose you obtain Hot Earth Awareness Test (HEAT) scores for a group of students, and calculate M = 54.3, [44.2, 64.4] and p = .072 to test the null hypothesis H0: μ0 = 45. Does the CI give useful information about the likely result of a repeat of the experiment? Does the p value? These are the two main questions I discuss in this chapter. Those results actually refer to Experiment 1, near the bottom of Figures 5.1 and 5.8, so you could, if you like, scan either of those figures ...

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