Understanding Statistical Hypothesis Testing: The Logic of Statistical Inference

Frank Emmert-Streib; Matthias Dehmer

doi:10.3390/make1030054

Understanding Statistical Hypothesis Testing: The Logic of Statistical Inference

Frank Emmert-Streib^*
, Matthias Dehmer

^*Corresponding author for this work

Tampere University
Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences
Private University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology
Nankai University

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Abstract

Statistical hypothesis testing is among the most misunderstood quantitative analysis methods from data science. Despite its seeming simplicity, it has complex interdependencies between its procedural components. In this paper, we discuss the underlying logic behind statistical hypothesis testing, the formal meaning of its components and their connections. Our presentation is applicable to all statistical hypothesis tests as generic backbone and, hence, useful across all application domains in data science and artificial intelligence.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	945-962
Number of pages	18
Journal	Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction
Volume	1
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/make1030054
Publication status	Published - Sept 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

data science
hypothesis testing
machine learning
statistical inference
statistics

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