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Varies widely by field. Fields whose studies have inherently small sample sizes and low power, like psychology, are more susceptible to poor conclusions. That's
by claytonjy 9y ago
Varies widely by field. Fields whose studies have inherently small sample sizes and low power, like psychology, are more susceptible to poor conclusions. That's before we even talk about the culture surrounding different fields.
Take a random study from physics and another from social psychology; the physics study will generally be a much higher-powered study, botching the stats will have a smaller effect on the conclusion, and the practitioners themselves are, arguably, better statisticians anyways.
- icelancer 9y agoPhysics/Math/CS also has the arxiv which is a notorious battleground to test your ideas in the open (a very good thing).
- hrasyid 9y agohow does it work?
- Q6T46nT668w6i3m 9y agoBiology too: http://www.biorxiv.org http://www.biorxiv.org