The books Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics (Wheeler, 1976) and Damned Lies and Statistics (Best, 2001) have raised questions about whether statistics can be trusted. A number of educated people today, ...

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Significance testing, with appropriate multiple testing correction, is currently the most convenient method for summarizing the evidence for association between a disease and a genetic variant.

Statistical significance is a critical concept in data analysis and research. In essence, it’s a measure that allows researchers to assess whether the results of an experiment or study are due to ...

High-dimensional statistical testing and covariance analysis constitute a rapidly evolving field that addresses the challenges inherent in analysing datasets where the number of variables often ...

A test of statistical significance addresses the question, How likely is a result, assuming the null hypotheses to be true. Randomness, a central assumption underlying commonly used tests of ...

Misuse of statistics in medical and sports science research is common and may lead to detrimental consequences to healthcare. Many authors, editors and peer reviewers of medical papers will not have ...

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Let’s start with a definition of Applied Statistics: Applied Statistics is the root of data analysis. The practice of applied statistics involves analyzing data to help define and determine an ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A nonparametric statistical test of the performance of ordinations is adapted and extended from the work of Feigin and Cohen (1978). Two ...