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A Frequentist And A Bayesian Walk Into Infinity…
I’m going to preface this post by stating that statistics is not my primary area of expertise. Admittedly, this might not be the best way of generating interest, but non-expertise hasn’t seem to have...
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Does “Statistical Significance” Imply “Actually Significant”?
P-values below 0.05; the finding and reporting of these values might be considered the backbone of most psychological research. Conceptually, these values are supposed to represent the notion that, if...
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Are Associations Attitudes?
If there’s one phrase that people discussing the results of experiments have heard more than any other, a good candidate might be “correlation does not equal causation”. Correlations can often get...
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Statisticial Issues In Psychology And What Not To Do About Them
As I’ve discussed previously, there are a number of theoretical and practical issues that plague psychological research in terms of statistical testing. On the theoretical end of things, if you collect...
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Do People “Really” Have Priors?
As of late, I’ve been dipping my toes ever-deeper into the conceptual world of statistics. If one aspires towards understanding precisely what they’re seeing in when it comes to research in psychology,...
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How Hard Is Psychology?
The scientific method is a pretty useful tool for assisting people in doing things related to testing hypotheses and discerning truth – or as close as one can come to such things. Like the famous...
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Sexed-Up Statistics – Female Genital Mutilation
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes” – Mark Twain. I had planned on finishing up another post today (which will likely be up tomorrow now) until a news...
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An Eye For Talent
Rejection can be a painful process for almost anyone (unless you’re English). For many, rejection is what happens when a (perhaps overly-bloated) ego ends up facing the reality that it really isn’t as...
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Exaggerating With Statistics (About Rape)
“As a professional psychology researcher, it’s my job to lie to the participants in my experiments so I can lie to others with statistics using their data”. -On understanding the role of deception in...
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Smart People Are Good At Being Dumb In Politics
While I do my best to keep politics out of my life – usually by selectively blocking people who engage in too much proselytizing via link spamming on social media – I will never truly be rid of it. I...
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Count The Hits; Not The Misses
At various points in our lives, we have all read or been told anecdotes about how someone turned a bit of their life around. Some of these (or at least variations of them) likely sound familiar: “I cut...
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Getting To Know Your Outliers: More About Video Games
As I mentioned in my last post, I’m a big fan of games. For the last couple of years, the game which has held the majority of my attention has been a digital card game. In this game, people have the...
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