Positive controls are one of the most useful tools for ensuring interpretable and fruitful research. Strangely, though, positive controls are rarely used in psychological research. That’s a shame, but also an opportunity–it would be an easy but substantial improvement for…
Introduction to the New Statistics
The online community and blog for ITNS
Month: June 2018
Precision for Planning: Great New Developments
–updated with a link from Ken Kelley to access the functions in the paper, 6/28/2018– In a new-statistics world, the best way to choose N for a study is to use precision for planning (PfP), also known as accuracy in…
Effect Sizes for Open Science
For the last 20 years or so, many journals have emphasised the reporting of effect sizes. The new statistics emphasised also the reporting of CIs on those effect sizes. Now Open Science places effect sizes, CIs, and their interpretation centre…
APS in San Fran 3: Workshop on Teaching the New Stats
Tamarah Smith and Bob presented a workshop on Teaching the New Stats to an almost sold-out crowd. I wasn’t there, but by all reports it went extremely well. Such a workshop seems to me a terrific way to help interested…
APS in San Fran 2: Symposium on Teaching the New Stats
Our symposium was titled Open Science and Its Statistics: What We Need to Teach Now. The room wasn’t large, but it was packed, standing room only. I thought the energy was terrific. There were four presentations, as below. Bob and…
Need a lift? Moana's got you.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/2UWPgKg7w7ibXoVPA
Life and neuroscientists: Have 5 minutes to think critically about sample sizes?
This video:
1) Explains why inadequate samples ruin science,
2) Helps you diagnose if you are using adequate samples,
and 3) Gives tips on decreasing sample-size needs.
https://tinyurl.com/sample-size-video
Just started reading this, but it feels so far like some excellent considerations for sample size planning. @KhandisBlake
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0146167220913363
(btw - there should be a plugin for converting author names in a paper into their twitter handles)
We interrupt our regular statistical broadcasting with some auditory therapy for the shelter-in place news. Here's a little slice of musical heaven.
https://soundcloud.com/dr_slug/side-1
This is a transfer from my turntable--you can get the real version legally anywhere
Crowd-sourced list of resources for moving neuroscience courses online, an effort of the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience. (@FUNfaculty). DM for editing privs.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ChuOfTnKwAQqIKcaosrmAtygtxGAfb4MS3M6VMth_Uo/edit?usp=sharing
New Stats blog: The Shape of a Confidence Interval: Cat’s Eye or Plausibility Picture, and What About Cliff? https://thenewstatistics.com/itns/2020/03/18/the-shape-of-a-confidence-interval-cats-eye-or-plausibility-picture-and-what-about-cliff/
New Stats blog: The ASA and p Values: Here We Go Again https://thenewstatistics.com/itns/2020/03/13/the-asa-and-p-values-here-we-go-again/
This cool site shows the state of various things in the world: https://www.worldometers.info/
How have I never seen this before?
How can I use this in my stats class? (@Notawful)
Will I be able to stop watching the numbers whirl by?
It's the internet's total perspective machine.
Top
Recent Comments