The Fisher, Neyman-Pearson Theories of Testing Hypotheses: One Theory or Two? Export

@article{citeulike:207606, abstract = {The Fisher and Neyman-Pearson approaches to testing statistical hypotheses are compared with respect to their attitudes to the interpretation of the outcome, to power, to conditioning, and to the use of fixed significance levels. It is argued that despite basic philosophical differences, in their main practical aspects the two theories are complementary rather than contradictory and that a unified approach is possible that combines the best features of both. As applications, the controversies about the Behrens-Fisher problem and the comparison of two binomials (2 \&\#215; 2 tables) are considered from the present point of view.}, author = {Lehmann, E. L.}, citeulike-article-id = {207606}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2291263}, journal = {Journal of the American Statistical Association}, keywords = {exact\_test, fisher, neyman, statistics}, number = {424}, pages = {1242--1249}, posted-at = {2005-05-22 19:11:31}, priority = {2}, title = {The Fisher, Neyman-Pearson Theories of Testing Hypotheses: One Theory or Two?}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2291263}, volume = {88}, year = {1993} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:207606 L3 - citeulike-article-id:207606 N2 - The Fisher and Neyman-Pearson approaches to testing statistical hypotheses are compared with respect to their attitudes to the interpretation of the outcome, to power, to conditioning, and to the use of fixed significance levels. It is argued that despite basic philosophical differences, in their main practical aspects the two theories are complementary rather than contradictory and that a unified approach is possible that combines the best features of both. As applications, the controversies about the Behrens-Fisher problem and the comparison of two binomials (2 × 2 tables) are considered from the present point of view. IS - 424 JF - Journal of the American Statistical Association EP - 1249 TI - The Fisher, Neyman-Pearson Theories of Testing Hypotheses: One Theory or Two? VL - 88 SP - 1242 KW - exact_test KW - fisher KW - neyman KW - statistics AU - Lehmann, EL PY - 1993/// UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/2291263 ER -