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I probably should have been more clear. I didn't say hypothesis testing, I said NHST (the binary null/alt hypothesis approach) - which is an approach to hypothesis testing particularly prevelant in certain disciplines such as Psychology.

And in that context, there is a lot of agreement that this approach is fundamentally flawed and outdated. if you are interested, I can provide references when I get to the office. But off the top of my head consider Gigerenzer and Cummings.



For those following along at home Gigerenzer is, I think, "Mindless Statistics"[1] and Cummings is "The New Statistics"[2].

[1]: https://pure.mpg.de/rest/items/item_2101336/component/file_2... [2]: Sample at https://tandfbis.s3.amazonaws.com/rt-media/pp/common/sample-...


Yes, those are appropriate (although Gigerenzer and Cummings both have other relevant publications on the topic).

As for a undergraduate text that 'teaches the difference', you can look at 'An Introduction to Statistics' by Carlson & Winquist.




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