creators_name: Chow, Siu L. type: journalp datestamp: 2000-09-20 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:23 metadata_visibility: show title: The Popperian framework, statistical significance, and rejection of chance ispublished: pub subjects: cog-psy full_text_status: public keywords: Statistical significance, rejection of chance, sample size abstract: That Haig and Sohn find the hypothetico-deductive approach wanting in different ways shows that multiple conditional syllogisms are being used in different stages of theory corroboration in the Popperian approach. The issues raised in the two commentaries assume a different complexion when certain distinctions are made. date: 2000-04 date_type: published publication: Behavioral and Brain Sciences volume: 23 number: 2 pagerange: 294-298 refereed: TRUE referencetext: Chow, S. L. (1996). Statistical significance: Rationale, validity and utility. London: Sage. Chow, S. L. (1998). Précis of Statistical significance: Rationale, validity, and utility. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 21, 169-194. Cohen, J. (1987). Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences (revised edition). New York: Academic Press. Haig, B. D. (this issue). Statistical significance testing, hypothetico-deductive method and theory evaluation. Kirk, R. E. (1984). Basic statistics (2nd edition). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole. Sohn, D. (this issue). Does the finding of statistical significance justify the rejection of the null hypothesis? Winer, B. J. (1962). Statistical principles in experimental design. N. Y.: McGraw-Hill. citation: Chow, Siu L. (2000) The Popperian framework, statistical significance, and rejection of chance. [Journal (Paginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/962/1/sohnhaig.htm