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A case before the Supreme Court on statistical significance (Jan. 10, 2011) involves Deirdre McCloskey

January 5th, 2011

Below is a reprint from Mark Thoma’s Economist‘s View: “Does Statistical Significance Stink?” by Steve Ziliak on 5 Jan. 2010. Does Statistical Significance Stink? Steve Ziliak emails: Dear Mark, When is anosmia – the permanent loss of smell – “significant”? [There is] a Supreme Court case – to be argued on January 10, 2011 – (more…)

On the US Supreme Court matter of Matrixx v. Siracusano et al.

April 21st, 2011

“Making a Stat Less Significant,” Carl Bialik, Wall Street Journal, 2 Apr. 2011 “A Statistical Test Gets Its Closeup, Wall Street Journal, 1 Apr. 2011 Supreme Court Decision delivered by Justice Sotomayor, 22 March 2011 “‘Statistical Significance’ and the US Supreme Court: Ziliak-McCloskey, Statistical Literacy News, 2011. “Now their [McCloskey and Ziliak's] view is the (more…)


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