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Statistics are not values you collect - but the analysis you perform. In data with many confounding variables or many degrees of freedom, the only way to be hon
by reedf1 2y ago
Statistics are not values you collect - but the analysis you perform. In data with many confounding variables or many degrees of freedom, the only way to be honest about what the data shows is through statistics. Statistics is what allows you to filter signal from noise. Statistical significance is a very useful tool, you just have to be honest about what it represents and under what conditions this breaks down.
- tgv 2y agoA statistic is an aggregate number, not an analysis in its own. There may be some linguistic confusion here. > Statistical significance is a very useful tool What for? It answers a question in which nobody is interested. What can it do that Bayesian tools can't?