Class Week 9

Hypothesis Testing

Preparation: Read the following two articles

https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00223

https://doi.org/10.2307/2291263

And come prepared to discuss them during class

Discussion questions:

• What did you learn from reading these two articles?

• What do you think about hypothesis testing given these articles?

• How did Fisher’s hypothesis test differ from Neyman-Pearson’s hypothesis test?

• How does null significance hypothesis testing originate from the two different concepts?

• What do your students need to understand about NSHT?

  • Is historical context necessary for them?
  • Is historical context helpful for you?

In 2 weeks:

• Find a 218 instructor that has used a project in their class and interview them to learn about the project.
  • What did they learn?
  • What did the students learn?
  • What they would incorporate into future classes?
  • What would they change and why?