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Re:Statisticians want to abandon science’s standard measure ... by mkl on Friday September 06, 2019 @09:53AM (#20895630)
When you've got empirically gathered data, pretty much every type of analysis you can do with it comes under the umbrella of "statistics". I think any better truth measuring framework can only be statistical.
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Re:Statisticians want to abandon science’s standard measure ... by buboard on Friday September 06, 2019 @09:56AM (#20895656)
There are very few principles in science. Statistics tests seem to be something where scientists unanimouslu agree. Another is models, and applying occam's razor to choose the one with less parameters. Perhaps one could also justify choosing a hypothesis on the basis that it is simpler.
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Re:Statisticians want to abandon science’s standard measure ... by bigfudge on Friday September 06, 2019 @10:24AM (#20895881)
They certainly don’t agree. There has been 30+ years of objection to p < .05. The fact that many scientists are statistically illiterate doesn’t constitute consensus.
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Re:Statisticians want to abandon science’s standard measure ... by mkl on Friday September 06, 2019 @10:28AM (#20895916)
They pretty much agree that statistics is the tool to use, but disagree on the (important) details.
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Re:Statisticians want to abandon science’s standard measure ... by buboard on Friday September 06, 2019 @12:52PM (#20897310)
Scientists (should) never really "agree", they just concede temporarily preparing their next attack. statistic tests are the de facto standard that everyone concedes to, and has not been replaced.
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