Re: [UAI] Has anyone else noticed how odd many frequentist techniques are?

2014-09-28 Thread Konrad Scheffler
Hi Rich, If you are looking for a forum where these issues are frequently discussed, I recommend Andrew Gelman's blog: http://andrewgelman.com If you are looking for formal sources, there are the references cited in Kevin's attachment (in addition to his book, of course). In particular, if you

[UAI] Has anyone else noticed how odd many frequentist techniques are?

2014-09-27 Thread Richard E Neapolitan
Dear Colleagues, Since I converted to Bayesian statistics in the late 1980's, I have not looked at most frequentist methods. However, every time I look at them again, I notice how apparently preposterous many of them are. First that was the Bonferroni correction, which makes me update my

Re: [UAI] Has anyone else noticed how odd many frequentist techniques are?

2014-09-27 Thread Richard E Neapolitan
Thanks, Kevin, Well, I guess they are not too well-known. I asked my mentor on Bayesian stats, Sandy Zabell (prominant Bayesian statistician), about it. Although he agreed with me, he did not really have references stating how pathological these frequentists techniques are. I will tell Sandy