I spent the last month watching, with alternating apprehension and delight, as President Trump’s cynical legal efforts to overturn the presidential election deteriorated into absurdity. After dozens ...
Some scientists are unknowingly tweaking experiments and analysis methods to increase their chances of getting results that are easily published, a new article suggests. P-hacking happens when ...
The pursuit of science is designed to search for significance in a maze of data. At least, that’s how it’s supposed to work. To support or refute a hypothesis, the goal is to establish statistical ...
How many statisticians does it take to ensure at least a 50 percent chance of a disagreement about p-values? According to a tongue-in-cheek assessment by statistician George Cobb of Mount Holyoke ...
The pursuit of science is designed to search for significance in a maze of data. At least, that’s how it’s supposed to work. To support or refute a hypothesis, the goal is to establish statistical ...
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