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Is NHST logically flawed? Commentary on: “NHST is still logically flawed”

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  1. I use the term “classical framework” when the classical statistical model is employed as a mathematical tool without necessarily adopting the frequentist paradigm

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Patriota, A.G. Is NHST logically flawed? Commentary on: “NHST is still logically flawed”. Scientometrics 116, 2189–2191 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-018-2817-4

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