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    Null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) has long been the method of inference in psychology, yet its flaws have been well documented. Both Cohen (1990) and Schmidt (1996) highlight the dangers of relying on statistical significance as the primary criterion for evaluating research findings, yet...

  Cohen (1990) and Schmidt (1996) both raised important criticisms about the overuse of null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) in psychology, highlighting its problematic nature for our field. Cohen (1990) believed that one major issue is how we as psychologists often misuse the information from...

  Null hypothesis testing flaws in research and in the psychology field Null hypothesis significance testing has been a dominant method in psychological research and is still used, despite significant flaws, in the academic environment, even among experienced researchers. According to Cohen (1990) and Schmidt...