Ernest B. Hook

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July 3, 2025

Classical Frequentist Statistics: Point

Ernest B. Hook

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......

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December 27, 2021

Scientific Dissent: The Fate of Premature Claims and Hypotheses

Ernest B. Hook

When “minority” claims or hypotheses are dismissed by many in the scientific community, this has happened because of very good reasons internal to the discipline.

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