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Robust misinterpretation of confidence intervals
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 21 (5): 1157--1164 (October 2014)
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-013-0572-3
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- bayesian
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- frequentist
- hypothesis
- inference,
- null
- reproducibility
- testing,
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- @yourwelcome 7 years ago (last updated 7 years ago)A great review, but many practical Frequentists would not care that the Confidence Interval is only useful inasmuch as it is an approximation to a Bayesian Credibility Interval, even if it "enjoying the omlette without cracking an egg". I think this article is a wonderful read for students to understand the differences in Bayesianism and Frequentism by thinking about the philosophical differences between the two types of Intervals, especially the replication/frequency definition of CI's and it ties to an overall analytical procedure, rather than one's particular dataset. Almost no one I know thinks of frequentist CI's in this way.