Review counters claims against frequentist statistics, defending its role in enhancing scientific credibility.
The Spring 2025 issue of Academic Questions contained a review by William M. Briggs suggesting that social scientists discard “frequentist” statistics, which in his view has badly degraded the credibility of scientific research. Here, physician and medical researcher Dr. Ernest B. Hook writes to defend frequentist or “classical” statistics, and Mr. Briggs provides a response.
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