I do like this cartoon; it's a very nice representation of the problem with the viewpoint.
The main issue is that it make frequentist humans look like idiots. They're not.
Simply oftentimes lead astray -- as this example illustrates.
In particular, the epistemological fact that people misuse p-values must be exposed. Just because it is unlikely something happened by chance, in one way, in your model, does not prove your hypothesis correct.
The main issue is that it make frequentist humans look like idiots. They're not.
Simply oftentimes lead astray -- as this example illustrates.
In particular, the epistemological fact that people misuse p-values must be exposed. Just because it is unlikely something happened by chance, in one way, in your model, does not prove your hypothesis correct.