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Still against Inferential Statistics: Rejoinder to Nicholson and Ridgway

Gorard, S.; White, P.

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Authors

P. White



Abstract

In their response to our paper, Nicholson and Ridgway agree with the majority of what we wrote. They echo our concerns about the misuse of inferential statistics and NHST in particular. Very little of their response explicitly challenges the points we made but where it does their defence of the use of inferential techniques does not stand up to scrutiny. Their statements are either contradictory, agreement ‘dressed up’ as disagreement, appeals to authority, semantic slights of hand, or irrelevant to our original claims. It is not clear why such a response was needed.

Citation

Gorard, S., & White, P. (2017). Still against Inferential Statistics: Rejoinder to Nicholson and Ridgway. Statistics Education Research Journal, 16(1), 74-79

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date May 1, 2017
Publication Date May 1, 2017
Deposit Date Jul 28, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Statistics Education Research Journal
Publisher International Association for Statistics Education (IASE)
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Volume 16
Issue 1
Pages 74-79
Publisher URL https://iase-web.org/documents/SERJ/SERJ16(1)_Gorard.pdf

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