If only we could save organized science from itself.
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 2022-01-01
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The variation-ignoring junk science that’s promoted by the Association for Psychological Science and related academic celebrities. It’s like a poker player thinking: “okay, if push all in from the button I’ll win 3.6 big blinds each and every time.”
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 08/31/2023
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I fear that many people are drawing the wrong lessons from the Wansink saga, focusing on procedural issues such as “p-hacking” rather than scientifically more important concerns about empty theory and hopelessly noisy data. If your theory is weak and your data are noisy, all the preregistration in the world won’t save you.
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 03/13/2018
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I fear that many people are drawing the wrong lessons from the Wansink saga, focusing on procedural issues such as “p-hacking” rather than scientifically more important concerns about empty theory and hopelessly noisy data. If your theory is weak and your data are noisy, all the preregistration in the world won’t save you.
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 02/28/2018