The answer depends on whether you are using a pre-defined critical value (or p-value threshold like p<0.05) in a hypothesis test that yields a decision (a Neyman–Pearsonian hypothesis test), or whether you are using the magnitude of the actual p-value as an index of …
A hypothesis can’t be right unless it can be proven wrong
A hypothesis is considered scientific only if there is the possibility to disprove the hypothesis. The proof lies in being able to disprove. A hypothesis or model is called falsifiable if it is possible to conceive of an experimental …
Origin of the idea that something can't be proved, only disproved
Does anyone know if the idea that something can't be proved, only disproved has a specific origin? I often hear it and would like to make a reference to it in a term paper I'm writing. Is it …
Is it possible to prove a null hypothesis?
Yes there is a definitive answer. That answer is: No, there isn't a way to prove a null hypothesis. The best you can do, as far as I know, is throw confidence intervals around your …
A Theory Isn’t True Unless Proven True myth
A theory can be true even if never proven, it can get some parts wrong and some parts right, or can be false even when it is long held and substantiated by experiment and fact. [1] The only rule is, that once we prove a …
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The answer depends on whether you are using a pre-defined critical value (or p-value threshold like p<0.05) in a hypothesis test that yields a decision (a Neyman–Pearsonian hypothesis test), or whether you are using the magnitude of the actual p-value as an index of …
A hypothesis is considered scientific only if there is the possibility to disprove the hypothesis. The proof lies in being able to disprove. A hypothesis or model is called falsifiable if it is possible to conceive of an experimental …
Does anyone know if the idea that something can't be proved, only disproved has a specific origin? I often hear it and would like to make a reference to it in a term paper I'm writing. Is it …
Yes there is a definitive answer. That answer is: No, there isn't a way to prove a null hypothesis. The best you can do, as far as I know, is throw confidence intervals around your …
A theory can be true even if never proven, it can get some parts wrong and some parts right, or can be false even when it is long held and substantiated by experiment and fact. [1] The only rule is, that once we prove a …