The Power of the Statistical Test

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  • Fernando Pompeu Rio de Janeiro Federal University, Physical Education Graduate Program, 540 Carlos Chagas Filho Avenue, Zip code 21941-590, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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https://doi.org/10.17140/SEMOJ-4-161

Abstract

I would like to add some reflections about Steele’s paper published in 2012.1 I could notice two main points in that paper. One of these is about the scientific language to communicate conclusions to policy makers and the other one is about the statistics decision theory. These problems are consequence of R. Fisher’s tradition to test the null hypothesis through the arbitrary cut with α in 0.05, 0.01 or 0.001.

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2018-08-09

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Fernando Pompeu. (2018). The Power of the Statistical Test. Sports and Exercise Medicine , 4(2), 57. https://doi.org/10.17140/SEMOJ-4-161

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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2018): Volume 4 Issue 2 2018

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