What the use of P [the significance level] implies, therefore, is that a hypothesis that may be true … - Harold Jeffreys

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Harold Jeffreys

What the use of P [the significance level] implies, therefore, is that a hypothesis that may be true may be rejected because it has not predicted observable results that have not occurred.

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