Two criticisms of hypothesis testing have been repeated for half a century. Leventhal (1999) defended against those criticisms. Serlin (2000) commented on Leventhal's paper and criticized parts of Leventhal's defense. Serlin's comments are discussed and his criticisms answered.
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