Logically-consistent hypothesis testing and the hexagon of oppositions

DOI10.1093/JIGPAL/JZX024zbMATH Open1492.03014arXiv1905.07662OpenAlexW2767953584MaRDI QIDQ5095628FDOQ5095628

Authors: Julio Michael Stern, Rafael Izbicki, Luís Gustavo Esteves, Rafael B. Stern 

Publication date: 10 August 2022

Published in: Logic Journal of the IGPL (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Although logical consistency is desirable in scientific research, standard statistical hypothesis tests are typically logically inconsistent. In order to address this issue, previous work introduced agnostic hypothesis tests and proved that they can be logically consistent while retaining statistical optimality properties. This paper characterizes the credal modalities in agnostic hypothesis tests and uses the hexagon of oppositions to explain the logical relations between these modalities. Geometric solids that are composed of hexagons of oppositions illustrate the conditions for these modalities to be logically consistent. Prisms composed of hexagons of oppositions show how the credal modalities obtained from two agnostic tests vary according to their threshold values. Nested hexagons of oppositions summarize logical relations between the credal modalities in these tests and prove new relations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.07662

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zbMATH Keywords

logical consistencyagnostic hypothesis testshexagon of oppositionsprobabilistic and alethic modalitiesstatistical hypothesis tests

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Modal logic (including the logic of norms) (03B45) Other applications of logic (03B80)

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