Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered studies”

Re:Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered ... by cryoshon on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @02:17PM (#15229870)

>My graduate advisor told me that I should be designing experiments that had counterintuitive results that were solidly significant.

This is the advice of a true scientist. I'm refreshed to see that they're still out there.

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Re:Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered ... by Filligree on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @02:30PM (#15230056)

> This is the advice of a true scientist. I'm refreshed to see that they're still out there.

It encourages students to cheat, because most of the time you won't get either. Not a significant result, and usually not a counterintuitive one either. You're pretty likely to get a significant result that agrees with existing theory, though.

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Re:Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered ... by richardwhiuk on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @02:49PM (#15230356)

By significant, you mean statistically, not to people in general.

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Re:Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered ... by vorotato on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @03:18PM (#15230909)

Kind of bizzare that we don't want to report where we weren't able to find a statistically significant relationship.

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Re:Daniel Kahneman “I placed too much faith in underpowered ... by Filligree on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @04:39PM (#15232347)

Of course.

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