Difference between revisions of "Significant Results"

From MgmtWiki
Jump to: navigation, search
(Problems)
(Problems)
Line 6: Line 6:
  
 
==Problems==
 
==Problems==
Statistical Inference P-Values or confidence intervals
+
Statistical Inference = hacking P-Values or confidence intervals
  
 
* Fisher said "No scientific researcher will ever have the same level of significance from experiment to experiment"
 
* Fisher said "No scientific researcher will ever have the same level of significance from experiment to experiment"

Revision as of 18:43, 12 June 2025

Definition

Selecting data to prove a result that can get a scientific paper published.

Context

Reputational Crisis

Problems

Statistical Inference = hacking P-Values or confidence intervals

  • Fisher said "No scientific researcher will ever have the same level of significance from experiment to experiment"
  • Neyman-Pearson emphasized the role of judgement
  • Baysian is the only way to get real numbers.
  • Nunally has a more valid book

Moral courage, Philip Zimbardo who is famous for his stain for prison experiment, and two colleagues, asked theri participants "do you feel that there is a difference between altruism and heroism?"

Solution

  • Stop funding so many post-doc researchers in colleges.

References