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Some Reflections On Significance Testing, Thomas R. Knapp
Some Reflections On Significance Testing, Thomas R. Knapp
Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods
This essay presents a variation on a theme from my article “The use of tests of statistical significance”, which appeared in the Spring, 1999, issue of Mid-Western Educational Researcher.
On The Misuse Of Confidence Intervals For Two Means In Testing For The Significance Of The Difference Between The Means, George W. Ryan, Steven D. Leadbetter
On The Misuse Of Confidence Intervals For Two Means In Testing For The Significance Of The Difference Between The Means, George W. Ryan, Steven D. Leadbetter
Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods
Comparing individual confidence intervals of two population means is an incorrect procedure for determining the statistical significance of the difference between the means. We show conditions where confidence intervals for the means from two independent samples overlap and the difference between the means is in fact significant.