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Download full textMiller, John K.; Knapp, Thomas R.
The testing of research hypotheses is directly comparable to the dichotomous decision-making of medical diagnosis or jury trials--not ill/ill, or innocent/guilty decisions. There are costs in both kinds of error, type I errors of falsely rejecting a null hypothesis or type II errors of falsely rejecting an alternative hypothesis. It is important…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Decision Making, Educational Research, Hypothesis Testing
