Abstract：
PURPOSE:A statistical method called "magnitude-based inference" (MBI) has gained a following in the sports science literature, despite concerns voiced by statisticians. Its proponents have claimed that MBI exhibits superior type I and type II error rates compared with standard null hypothesis testing for most cases. I have performed a reanalysis to evaluate this claim. METHODS:Using simulation code provided by MBI's proponents, I estimated type I and type II error rates for clinical and nonclinical MBI for a range of effect sizes, sample sizes, and smallest important effects. I plotted these results in a way that makes transparent the empirical behavior of MBI. I also reran the simulations after correcting mistakes in the definitions of type I and type II error provided by MBI's proponents. Finally, I confirmed the findings mathematically; and I provide general equations for calculating MBI's error rates without the need for simulation. RESULTS:Contrary to what MBI's proponents have claimed, MBI does not exhibit "superior" type I and type II error rates to standard null hypothesis testing. As expected, there is a tradeoff between type I and type II error. At precisely the small-to-moderate sample sizes that MBI's proponents deem "optimal," MBI reduces the type II error rate at the cost of greatly inflating the type I error rate-to two to six times that of standard hypothesis testing. CONCLUSIONS:Magnitude-based inference exhibits worrisome empirical behavior. In contrast to standard null hypothesis testing, which has predictable type I error rates, the type I error rates for MBI vary widely depending on the sample size and choice of smallest important effect, and are often unacceptably high. Magnitude-based inference should not be used.
journal_name
Med Sci Sports Exercjournal_title
Medicine and science in sports and exerciseauthors
Sainani KLdoi
10.1249/MSS.0000000000001645subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-10-01 00:00:00pages
2166-2176issue
10eissn
0195-9131issn
1530-0315journal_volume
50pub_type
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journal_title：Medicine and science in sports and exercise
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journal_title：Medicine and science in sports and exercise
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journal_title：Medicine and science in sports and exercise
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journal_title：Medicine and science in sports and exercise
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1097/00005768-199707001-00005
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doi：
更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00
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doi：
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doi：
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journal_title：Medicine and science in sports and exercise
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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doi：
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journal_title：Medicine and science in sports and exercise
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