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The idea of data likelihood. Using Bayes’s formula to update hypothesis probabilities. Confidence testing and P-values. Pitfalls of P-values. Bayesian inference with compound datasets. Confidence methods with compound datasets: using test statistics. The \(\chi ^2\) test statistic.
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Lawrence, A. (2019). Hypothesis Testing. In: Probability in Physics. Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04544-9_7
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