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The mayor of NYC offered $30 an hour to help shovel the ~ 30 inches of snow that fell last Sunday and Monday. From what I hear, it was a very effective program. Here’s a little power puzzle to very easily shovel through [1]
Suppose you are reading about a result x that is just statistically significant at level α (...
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I often say that the most misunderstood concept in error statistics is power. One week ago, stuck in the blizzard of 2026 in NYC —exciting, if also a bit unnerving, with airports closed for two and a half days and no certainty of when I might fly out—I began collecting the many power howlers I’ve discussed in the past, because some of th...
2025-6 Leisurely Cruise
The following is the February stop of our leisurely cruise (meeting 6 from my 2020 Seminar at the LSE). There was a guest speaker, Professor David Hand. Slides and videos are below. Ship StatInfasSt may head back to port or continue for an additional stop or two, if there is interest. Although I often say on...
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From time to time I hear of an application of the severe testing philosophy in intriguing ways in fields I know very little about. An example is a recent article by cognitive psychologist Jeffrey Bowers and colleagues (2023): “On the importance of severely testing deep learning models of cognition”
2026-26 Cruise
Our second stop in 2026 on the leisurely tour of SIST is Excursion 4 Tour II which you can read here. This criticism of statistical significance tests takes a number of forms. He...