on the other hand, it is not desirable at all; it is dumb. You would have
no evidence as to the linearity of the regression function
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(2) absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
Everyone who has done elementary statistics is aware of this edict. But
what if your power is very high and/or you have very large N? I have
always found it surprising
A gleaning for my colleagues from Sunday's New York Times. This is the
entire article.
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