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Variance Estimates and the F Ratio

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Avoiding Common Misuses of<br />

Hypo<strong>the</strong>sis Testing (p. 45-46)<br />

Never lose site of your data.<br />

Remember that not all null hypo<strong>the</strong>ses represent<br />

interesting or plausible outcomes of <strong>the</strong> experiment <strong>and</strong><br />

that <strong>the</strong>ir rejection is not inevitably informative.<br />

Remember that <strong>the</strong> null-hypo<strong>the</strong>sis test only gives<br />

information about how likely <strong>the</strong> sampling operations<br />

are to have produced your effect.<br />

When you find a significant effect, ask what it means.<br />

Always interpret your results in <strong>the</strong> context of o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

studies in <strong>the</strong> field.

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