The cult of statistical significance : how the standard error costs us jobs, justice, and lives / by Stephen T. Ziliak and Deirdre N. McCloskey.

The Cult of Statistical Significance shows, field by field, how "statistical significance," a technique that dominates many sciences, has been a huge mistake. The authors find that researchers in a broad spectrum of fields, from agronomy to zoology, employ testing that doesn't "t...

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Main Author: Ziliak, Stephen Thomas, 1963-
Other Authors: McCloskey, Deirdre N.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2008]
Series:Economics, cognition, and society.
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Call Number: HB137 .Z55 2008
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