The failure of democracy
Vote counting method in reviews. To get a conclusion on the result of a review, it is not enough with the vote counting method. A weighted measure is nedeed.
Science without sense...double nonsense
Evidence Based Medicine pills
Science without sense...double nonsense
Evidence Based Medicine pills
Category Statistics
An open relationship
Linear correlation. Linear correlation represents the strength of association between two quantitative variables, without implying dependence or causality. We already know about the relationship between variables. Who can doubt that smoking kills or that TV dries our brain?. The issue…
The fallacy of small p
Conditionals transposition fallacy. Conditionals transposition fallacy arises from a poor understanding of the concept of p-value and conditional probability.
You can’t make a silk purse…
Propensity score. A propensity score estimates each participant’s probability of receiving a treatment based on their characteristics.
Even a blind donkey…
Multiple comparisons. Doing multiple comparisons increases the probability of type 1 error and of detecting a false positive by chance.