Re: [Vo]:the role of p-values in science

2014-02-13 Thread Lennart Thornros
Statistics are just marvelous, sometimes theer is no way to deny the findings.. One Swedish guy clearly showed that the consumption of soda were totally driven by the first letter in the name of the month. J was the letter to look for if you want to sell soda. It is still true. Did I mention that

[Vo]:the role of p-values in science

2014-02-12 Thread Eric Walker
There's an interesting discussion of the role of the statistical p-value in science in a recent article published online at Nature: For all the P value's apparent precision, Fisher intended it to be just one part of a fluid, non-numerical process that blended data and background knowledge to

Re: [Vo]:the role of p-values in science

2014-02-12 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: There's an interesting discussion of the role of the statistical p-value in science in a recent article published online at Nature ... Here is a the link to the article: http://www.nature.com/news/scientific-method-statistical-errors-1.14700 Eric