At 07:40 21.06.2009, J Dougherty wrote:
[...]
There are other ways of regarding the FET. Since it is precisely
what it says
- an exact test - you can argue that you should avoid carrying over any
conclusions drawn about the small population the test was applied to and
employing them in a broader context. In so far as the test is concerned, the
"sample" data and the contingency table it is arrayed in are the entire
universe. In that sense, the FET can't be "conservative" or "liberal." It
isn't actually a hypothesis test and should not be thought of as one or used
in the place of one.
>
JDougherty
Could you give some reference, supporting this, for me, surprising
view? I don't see a necessary connection between an exact test and
the idea that it does not test a hypothesis.
Thanks,
Heinz
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