Hypothesis Tests

REACT to NHST: Sensible conclusions for meaningful hypotheses
Rafael Izbicki, L. M. C. Cabezas, F. A. B. Colugnatti, R. F. L. Lassance, A. A. L. de Souza, R. B. Stern
March, 2025 The Quantitative Methods for Psychology
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Adding Imprecision to Hypotheses: A Bayesian Framework for Testing Practical Significance in Nonparametric Settings
R. F. L. Lassance, Rafael Izbicki, R. B. Stern
January, 2025 International Journal of Approximate Reasoning
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Likelihood-Free Frequentist Inference: Confidence Sets with Correct Conditional Coverage
Many areas of science make extensive use of computer simulators that implicitly encode likelihood functions of complex systems. …
N. Dalmasso, L. Masserano, D. Zhao, Rafael Izbicki, A. B. Lee
April, 2022 Submitted
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Identifying Distributional Differences in Convective Evolution Prior to Rapid Intensification in Tropical Cyclones
Tropical cyclone (TC) intensity forecasts are issued by human forecasters who evaluate spatio-temporal observations (e.g., satellite …
T. McNeely, G. Vincent, Rafael Izbicki, K. M. Wood, A. B. Lee
February, 2021 Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning workshop at NeurIPS 2021 (poster)
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Coherent hypothesis testing
Multiple hypothesis testing, an important quantitative tool to report the results of scientific inquiries, frequently leads to …
V. Fossaluza, Rafael Izbicki, G. M. Silva, L. G. Esteves
September, 2017 The American Statistician
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A Bayesian Decision-Theoretic Approach to Logically-Consistent Hypothesis Testing
This work addresses an important issue regarding the performance of simultaneous test procedures: the construction of multiple tests …
G. M. Silva, L. G. Esteves, V. Fossaluza, Rafael Izbicki, S. Wechsler
March, 2016 Entropy
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The Logical Consistency of Simultaneous Agnostic Hypothesis Tests
Simultaneous hypothesis tests can fail to provide results that meet logical requirements. For example, if A and B are two statements …
L. G. Esteves, Rafael Izbicki, J. M. Stern, R. B. Stern
March, 2016 Entropy
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Logical consistency in simultaneous statistical test procedures
Many authors have argued that, when performing simultaneous statistical test procedures, one should seek for solutions that lead to …
Rafael Izbicki, L. G. Esteves
March, 2015 Logic Journal of the IGPL
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Testing Allele Homogeneity: The Problem of Nested Hypotheses
Rafael Izbicki, V. Fossaluza, A. G. Hounie, E. Y. Nakano, C. A. de B. Pereira
November, 2012 BMC Genetics paper
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Disequilibrium Coefficient: A Bayesian Perspective
H. Brentani, E. Y. Nakano, C. B. Martins, Rafael Izbicki, C. A. de B. Pereira
November, 2011 Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology
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