Venu comments on Suggested Posts - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Venu 12 April 2007 10:14:10PM 1 point [-]

Why does statistical hypothesis testing continue to be used in many research fields despite its very many flaws? Are there biases at work here in that the widespread rejection of hypothesis testing would lead to the trashing of many senior researchers' works? How skeptical should we be of science in general if such shaky methodology is so widely adopted?