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Holding all else equal, noisier estimates bias us towards the null. This is attenuation bias. However, the estimates are still probably overestimated. Confound
by tfirst 8mo ago
Holding all else equal, noisier estimates bias us towards the null. This is attenuation bias.
However, the estimates are still probably overestimated. Confounding, p-hacking, publication bias, all move us towards larger estimates.
- kingkawn 8mo ago“Still probably” is classic statistical science
- MichaelDickens 8mo agoI would think that, by default, noise would not have a bias? Adding noise doesn't change the mean, it just increases the variance, right?