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Behavioral Ecology Advance Access originally published online on July 21, 2004
Behavioral Ecology 2005 16(1):323-324; doi:10.1093/beheco/arh142
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Behavioral Ecology vol. 16 no. 1 © International Society for Behavioral Ecology 2005; all rights reserved.

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What hypothesis tests are not: a response to Colegrave and Ruxton

Douglas H. Johnson

U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, North Dakota 58401 USA

Address correspondence to D. H. Johnson, E-mail: douglas_h_johnson@usgs.gov.

Received 4 December 2003; revised 19 March 2004; accepted 1 June 2004.

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It is always flattering to see one's work cited by others. Not only does it boost the ego, but it provides a satisfying feeling that one's efforts are both appreciated and contributing to the advance of science. So I was pleased when a colleague pointed out that Colegrave and Ruxton (2003)Go had cited a recent paper of mine, "The insignificance of statistical significance testing" (Johnson, 1999Go). In that article I argued, as did Colegrave and Ruxton, that confidence intervals often are much more informative than are p values associated with hypothesis tests.

My pleasure, alas, was short-lived. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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