Toward sustainable insights, or why polygamy is bad for you
https://blog.acolyer.org/2017/01/25/toward-sustainable-insights-or-why-polygamy-is-bad-for-you/ [blog.acolyer.org]
2017-02-02 11:32
Buckle up! Today we’re going to be talking about statistics, p-values, and the multiple comparisons problem.
A nice intro to very basic stat testing. Also sounds like a useful but dangerous tool. Find me all the correlations! Now tell me if they’re spurious. Could be tricky.
Follow up post and paper: https://blog.acolyer.org/2017/01/26/the-truth-the-whole-truth-and-nothing-but-the-truth-a-pragmatic-guide-to-assessing-empirical-evaluations/
The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth: a pragmatic guide to assessing empirical evaluations
The sin of inscrutability occurs when poor exposition obscures a claim.
The sin of irreproducability occurs when poor exposition obscures an evaluation
The three sins of reasoning are the sin of ignorance, the sin of inappropriateness, and the sin of inconsistency.