Talk:Statistical hypothesis test
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Common test statistics
[edit]I corrected the erroneous last test, ("regression t-test") to a correct F-test. Harald Lang, 2015-11-29.
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Poorly organized
[edit]I suggest defining the null hypothesis before citing its historical importance.159.83.248.41 (talk) 22:46, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Very hard to read
[edit]I think this article needs significant reorganising & lots of junk removing.
- "Choice of null hypothesis" does not belong in "history".
- "History" and "modern origins" are not mutually exclusive.
- The actual definition of a hypothesis or significance test is not clearly given.
- Examples appear very very far down the article.
- There are lots of paragraphs about the difference between significance tests and hypothesis tests but they are circumspect and do not clearly explain the difference.
- In several places it is implied that hypothesis tests are "more rigorous" than significance tests, but I don't think this is accurate (I haven't been able to find sources that support it).
- Very repetitive.
Danielittlewood (talk) 11:35, 17 May 2026 (UTC)
- Perhaps one way to deal with the repetition would be to try imposing some top-down structure on the article. Probably the first section should be something like "Definition and Terminology" where all the relevant terms can be defined ahead of time. Then maybe some examples, and then history? Danielittlewood (talk) 11:39, 17 May 2026 (UTC)
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