"The statistical error that just keeps on coming"
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"The statistical error that just keeps on coming"
Here's an article summarizing a common statistical error "so widespread it appears in about half of all the published papers surveyed from the academic psychology research literature."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/09/bad-science-research-error
From the article: "The same statistical errors – namely, ignoring the "difference in differences" – are appearing throughout the most prestigious journals in neuroscience"
Also, here's an article on a related subject: http://dionysus.psych.wisc.edu/coursewebsites/PSY710/Readings/MillerG2001a.pdf
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/09/bad-science-research-error
From the article: "The same statistical errors – namely, ignoring the "difference in differences" – are appearing throughout the most prestigious journals in neuroscience"
Also, here's an article on a related subject: http://dionysus.psych.wisc.edu/coursewebsites/PSY710/Readings/MillerG2001a.pdf
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