Valentin Amrhein
@vamrhein.bsky.social
Ecology, conservation, statistics, reproducibility https://camargue.unibas.ch Retire statistical significance https://nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00857-9
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I like this from @vamrhein.bsky.social et al. I assigned it to my class last semester and tried to explain that p-values measure how compatible (vs. surprising) the data are with the null, given our assumptions. But yeah, tests & CIs are hard to understand!
www.blakemcshane.com/Papers/natur...
www.blakemcshane.com/Papers/natur...
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I like this from @vamrhein.bsky.social et al. I assigned it to my class last semester and tried to explain that p-values measure how compatible (vs. surprising) the data are with the null, given our assumptions. But yeah, tests & CIs are hard to understand!
www.blakemcshane.com/Papers/natur...
www.blakemcshane.com/Papers/natur...
Reposted by Valentin Amrhein
... The data generator thus incorporates without distinction all influences on the final data, such as selection bias and measurement errors—and it is the only object directly addressed by conventional interval estimates, p values, and other “superpopulation” inferences."
June 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
... The data generator thus incorporates without distinction all influences on the final data, such as selection bias and measurement errors—and it is the only object directly addressed by conventional interval estimates, p values, and other “superpopulation” inferences."
"An example would be predicting the patterns a survey (the data generator) will produce in the face of low response rates and the errors in the survey measurements, as opposed to predicting the actual distributions in the surveyed population. ...
June 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
"An example would be predicting the patterns a survey (the data generator) will produce in the face of low response rates and the errors in the survey measurements, as opposed to predicting the actual distributions in the surveyed population. ...
Reposted by Valentin Amrhein
I could recommend these four papers of ours for starters:
1. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
2. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1...
3. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1...
4. philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24738/
1. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
2. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1...
3. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1...
4. philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24738/
Scientific discovery in a model-centric framework: Reproducibility, innovation, and epistemic diversity
Consistent confirmations obtained independently of each other lend credibility to a scientific result. We refer to results satisfying this consistency as reproducible and assume that reproducibility i...
journals.plos.org
May 31, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I could recommend these four papers of ours for starters:
1. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
2. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1...
3. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1...
4. philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24738/
1. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
2. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1...
3. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1...
4. philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24738/
Reposted by Valentin Amrhein
Also see
philarchive.org/archive/FEEWRI by @ufeest.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... by @vamrhein.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... by @danhicks.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1... by @markrubin.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1... by Sam Fletcher
philarchive.org/archive/FEEWRI by @ufeest.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... by @vamrhein.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... by @danhicks.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1... by @markrubin.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1... by Sam Fletcher
May 31, 2025 at 6:30 AM