Physics and Astronomy
6 years ago

Study reveals how statistical hypotheses can be confirmed or disconfirmed.

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology)
Confirming Statistical Hypotheses
M. G. Bulmer

Paper Summary

The article explains how scientists confirm or reject statistical hypotheses. They use a test to see if a hypothesis is acceptable or not. If a hypothesis is far from the null hypothesis, it is rejected. If all acceptable hypotheses are close to the null hypothesis, it is confirmed. If neither, the result is inconclusive. This method is applied to common statistical techniques to determine if the null hypothesis is confirmed, rejected, or inconclusive.

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