Cognitive Constructivism, Eigen-Solutions, and Sharp Statistical Hypotheses

In this paper epistemological, ontological and sociological questions concerning the statistical significance of sharp hypotheses in scientific research are investigated within the framework provided by the Cognitive Constructivism and the FBST Full Bayesian Significance Test. The constructivist framework is contrasted with Decision Theory and Falsificationism, the traditional epistemological settings for orthodox Bayesian and frequentist statistics.

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