Statistical Thinking

Why Hypothesis Testing Should Take a Cue from Hamlet

To simulate or not to simulate, that is the question

Cassie Kozyrkov
5 min readJun 26, 2023

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If you’re a scientist or data professional, chances are that your hypothesis testing procedure lacks a crucial step that’s tragically — or tragicomically? — omitted from your typical coursework. Never fear, in this blog post I’ll show you the missing piece and why you’ll find the fix in the thespian’s playbook.

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