TY - GEN
ID - cogprints830
UR - http://cogprints.org/830/
A1 - Chow, Siu L.
Y1 - 1991///
N2 - This is a critique of Cohen's (1990) claim that the power of a statistical test 'is the probability that it will yield statistically significant results' (p. 1). Two putative advantages of using power analysis are examined. It is shown that H0 is not used as a categorical proposition descriptive of the world. Using significance tests is compatible with making rational judgment.
KW - Statistical power
KW - Conditional probability
KW - Type I error
KW - Type II error
KW - Conditional proposition
KW - Sampling distribution
KW - The null hypothesis as the consequent of a conditional proposition
TI - Some Reservations About Power Analysis
SP - 1088
AV - public
EP - 1089
ER -