Journal Articles Without p Values
Once we have a CI, a p value adds nothing, and is likely to mislead and to tempt the writer or readers to fall back into mere dichotomous decision making (boo!). So let’s simply use estimation and never report p …
Category: ITNS
A Second Edition of ITNS? Here’s the Latest
Our first blog post about a possible second edition of ITNS is here. All the comments I made there, and the questions I asked, remain relevant. We’ve had some very useful feedback and suggestions, but we’d love more. You could …
Internal Meta-Analysis: Useful or Disastrous?
A recent powerful blog post (see below) against internal meta-analysis prompts me to ask the question above. (Actually, Steve Lindsay prompted me to write this post; thanks Steve.) In ITNS we say, on p. 243: “To carry out a meta-analysis …
Draw Pictures to Improve Learning?
In ITNS we included a short section near the start describing good strategies for learning, based on empirical studies. Scattered through the book are reminders and encouragement to use the effective strategies. Now, just as we’re thinking about possible improvements …
ITNS–The Second Edition!
Routledge, our publisher, has started planning for a second edition. That’s very exciting news! The only problem is that Bob and I can’t think of anything that needs improving. Ha! But, seriously, we’d love to hear from you about things …
Open Science DownUnder — Fiona Fidler reports
Last week, the 2018 Australasian Open Science Conference was held in Brisbane at the University of Queensland: The first conference in Oz on the themes of Open Science and how to improve how science is done. They expected 40 and …
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 …
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ITNS–A New Review on Amazon
The ITNS page on Amazon (U.S.) is here. Scroll down to see the 4 reviews by readers. Recently a five-star review was added by Edoardo Zamuner. Here it is: “I am an experimental psychologist with training in NHST. Cumming’s book …
Why effect sizes? A tutorial (especially for Neuroscientists)
The New Statistics emphasizes effect sizes, confidence intervals, meta-analysis, and Open Science. There’s a lot of momentum to adopt this change of focus. For example, the APA recently released new guidelines for reporting quantitative research and throughout it emphasizes reporting …
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Pre-Print – The New Statistics for Better Science
We have a new preprint on how the New Statistics can save the world (sort of): https://psyarxiv.com/3mztg It’s for a special issue of the American Statistician on the them of “Beyond p values”. We welcome your feedback on via email, twitter (@TheNewStats), …
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