Why we habitually engage in null-hypothesis significance testing: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Null Hypothesis Significance Testing (NHST) is the most familiar statistical procedure for making inferences about population effects. Important problems associated with this method have been addressed and various alternatives that overcome these problems have been developed. Despite its many well-documented drawbacks, NHST remains the prevailing method for drawing conclusions from data. Reasons for this have been insufficiently investigated. Therefore, the aim of our study was to explore the perceived barriers and facilitators related to the use of NHST and alternative statistical procedures among relevant stakeholders in the scientific system.

Methods

Individual semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted with junior and senior researchers, lectur

SUBMITTER: Stunt J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8519469 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature