Conceptual and Statistical Knowledge

 

Surrogate Science: The Idol of a Universal Method for Scientific Inference

The application of statistics to science is not a neutral act. Statistical tools have shaped and were also shaped by its objects. In the social sciences, statistical methods fundamentally changed research practice, making statistical inference its …

SWIRL

Swirl teaches you R programming and data science interactively, at your own pace, and right in the R console!

Teaching replicable and reproducible science

Participants will develop materials for teaching replicability and reproducible science. Possible materials to be generated include syllabi, specific assignments, or single lectures or lesson plans. We will provide existing teaching materials and …

Teaching Replication to Graduate Students

Replicating published studies promotes active learning of quantitative research skills. Drawing on experiences from a replication course, we provide practical tips and reflections for teachers who consider incorporating replication in their courses. …

Teaching resources spreadsheet

An excel spreadsheet about collection of open science items

Ten Simple Rules for Effective Statistical Practice

A paper about Ten Simple Rules for Effective Statistical Practice

The (mis)reporting of statistical results in psychology journals

In order to study the prevalence, nature (direction), and causes of reporting errors in psychology, we checked the consistency of reported test statistics, degrees of freedom, and p values in a random sample of high- and low-impact psychology …

The Amazing Significo: why researchers need to understand poker

A post that describes significance values

The appropriate use of null hypothesis testing.

The many criticisms of null hypothesis testing suggest when it is not useful and what is should not be used for. This article explores when and why its use is appropriate. Null hypothesis testing is insufficient when size of effect is important, but …

The ASA Statement on p-Values: Context, Process, and Purpose

An editorial about p value