Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Statistical Practices — the Bad Driving Out the Good

 H/T to Mike Lawler for pointing out this essay (and “belly-aching”) from Darren Dahly on common statistical (mal)practice, particularly in medicine:

https://statsepi.substack.com/p/how-bad-statistical-practices-drive


Too many great sentences in this (about the author's slog against research "bullshit") I’d love to quote, but will simply give you the opening lines:

I am interested in research integrity and reproducibility. I believe that a lack of statistical expertise throughout the sciences is a substantial driver of problems in these areas (poor data practices being another). I feel especially strongly about this thesis as it applies to medical research.”    — Darren Dahly



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