February, 2003
© 2000, 2001, 2003 Scott S. Emerson, M.D., Ph.D.
Hierarchy of Statistical Goals: 18
Hierarchy of Statistical Goals
Fourth choice: Frequentist methods
Calculate the probability of observing data such was obtained in the experiment under the hypotheses
·Not  affected by subjective choice of prior distributions
·But not really answering the most important question