I knew good things were happening at the University of Bologna this (northern) summer. Now I know the details. The brochure is here, and this is part of the title page: What do they mean by ‘Open Statistics’? As I…
Introduction to the New Statistics
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Month: June 2019
The New Statistics Videos: 5 Years On
This week’s news email from the APS includes this interesting item: Aha, I thought, they are giving publicity to Tamara and Bob’s wonderful workshop at the APS Convention last month. Great! But the link didn’t go to the materials for…
To Understand (or Teach) CIs, Adopt an Estimation Mindset
Update 8 June. Some minor tweaks. Addition of the full reference for two papers mentioned. Of course I would say that, wouldn’t I?! It’s the basis of ITNS and a new-statistics approach. But the latest issue of SERJ adds a…
Do People Have a Binary Bias?
For years I’ve been working on changing my thinking–even when just musing about nothing in particular–from “I wonder whether…” to “I wonder to what extent…”. It has taken a while, but now I usually do find myself thinking in terms…
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.
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