This article takes issue with a recent book by Ziliak and McCloskey (2008) of the same title. Ziliak and McCloskey argue that statistical significance testing is a barrier rather than a booster for empirical research in economics and should therefore be abandoned altogether. The present article...

This article takes issue with a recent book by Ziliak and McCloskey (2008) of the same title. Ziliak and McCloskey argue that statistical significance testing is a barrier rather than a booster for empirical research in many fields and should therefore be abandoned altogether. The present...

Das Werk beschreibt die hundertjährige Geschichte der Deutschen Statistischen Gesellschaft: Die Beiträge ihrer Mitglieder zur Begründung und Fortentwicklung der deutschen Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistik und zu methodischen Innovationen wie etwa neueren Zeitreihen-, Preisindex- oder...

This article takes issue with a recent book by Ziliak and McCloskey (2008) of the same title. Ziliak and McCloskey argue that statistical significance testing is a barrier rather than a booster for empirical research in many fields and should therefore be abandoned altogether. The present...