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errorstatistics.com
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| | | | | Some have asked me why I haven't blogged on the recent follow-up to the ASA Statement on P-Values and Statistical Significance (Wasserstein and Lazar 2016)-hereafter, ASA I. They're referring to the editorial by Wasserstein, R., Schirm, A. and Lazar, N. (2019)-hereafter, ASA II(note)-opening a special on-line issue of over 40 contributions responding to the call... | |
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jaydaigle.net
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| | | | | This is the second-part of a three-part series on hypothesis testing. Today we'll look at the way we do hypothesis testing in practice, and how it tends to fail. Modern researchers use hypothesis testing as a tool to develop knowledge, but it's really a tool for making decisions, and so it encourages us to draw strong conclusions from weak evidence. It also encourages us to view studies that don't reject the null hypothesis as failures, which leads even honest and dedicated researchers to do shoddy resea... | |
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summerseminarphilstat.com
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| | | | | A key recognition among those who write on the statistical crisis in science is that the pressure to publish attention-getting articles can incentivize researchers to produce eye-catching but inadequately scrutinized claims. We may see much the same sensationalism in broadcasting metastatistical research, especially if it takes the form of scapegoating or banning statistical significance. A... | |
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www.insidehighered.com
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| | | The proposed ban comes as more states are restricting colleges and universities from withholding transcripts when a student owes money to the institution. The planned federal ban would only apply in some cases. A proposed ban to limit when colleges and universities can withhold a student's transcript could help thousands of students, if not more than a million, access their credits and resume their college education, experts and advocates say. "It's a modest but important step," said Martin Kurzweil, vice president of educational transformation at Ithaka S+R, a research and consulting shop that has reported over the last several years on how transcript withholding affects millions of students. | ||
