Gentlemen:
I agree with the necessity of hypothesis testing. However, I disagree with the use of the word "except". We accept or reject views.
Except can be used as a transitive verb, but not like it has been in several recent posts.
See [
owl.english.purdue.edu] for more info.
I bring this up not to be a smart aleck, but to raise the professionalism of our written communication.
John Morse