The conceptualization of the null hypothesis is one of those ideas that has one foot in philosophy and the other in psychological science.I can remember when I first came across it in undergrad and the prof told me that it was "given" as the starting point for experimentation and research and that all research have their foundation in trying to "disprove" the null hypothesis-something about an assumption that there will be no comparative result differences between groups.I almost had a heart attack when he said that the null hypothesis is never proven,but we "fail to reject"it.I thought that psychology got out of the philosophy business with Descartes.
Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida Michael "omnicentric" Sy --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=7060 or send a blank email to leave-7060-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
