I wonder how easy it is, to do simple statistics with Python and R. For example, to calculate mean, median and other summary statistics. Let’s start with the following very simple data set. height weight 1.85 85.0 1.80 79.1 1.91 80.5 1.75 80.3 1.77 […]
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Bayes and null hypothesis significance testing
I found these interesting articles about Bayes and null hypothesis significance testing by Andrew Gelman. What’s wrong with Bayes My problem is not just with the methods – although I do have problems with the method – but also with the ideology. https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2019/12/03/whats-wrong-with-bayes/ Copyright […]
Statistik Heute
Zwei interessante Artikel zur Statistik. Die Statistik erfindet sich neu “Strichlisten und Fragebögen sind von gestern. Statistiker setzen zunehmend auf Satelliten, Sensoren und soziale Medien. Auf dem Spiel steht die öffentliche Wahrheit.” https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/datenwissenschaft-die-statistik-erfindet-sich-neu-1.4377781 Copyright © Süddeutsche Zeitung Digitale Medien GmbH / Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH […]
Faith in p values
Steve Luck writes about loosing faith in p values. Why I’ve lost faith in p values https://lucklab.ucdavis.edu/blog/2018/4/19/why-i-lost-faith-in-p-values The title of this article is very interesting. A lot of calculations today depend on statistics and p values, I think. Do we have faith in their […]