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Accepted manuscript

Absolutely Zero Evidence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2023

Veronica J Vieland
Affiliation:
PhD Professor Emerita, The Ohio State University Veronica.Vieland@MathMed.org (614) 961-2809
Sang-Cheol Seok
Affiliation:
Mathematical Medicine LLC United States seoks@mathmed.org
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Abstract

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Statistical analysis is often used to evaluate the strength of evidence for or against scientific hypotheses. Here we consider evidence measurement from the point of view of representational measurement theory, focusing in particular on the 0-points of measurement scales. We argue that a properly calibrated evidence measure will need to count up from absolute 0, in a sense to be defined, and that this 0-point is likely to be something other than what one might have expected. This suggests the need for a new theory of statistical evidence in the context of which calibrated evidence measurement becomes tractable.

Type
Contributed Paper
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Philosophy of Science Association