Bernoulli's Fallacy : : Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science /

Bernoulli's Fallacy : : Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science / / Aubrey Clayton.

There is a logical flaw in the statistical methods used across experimental science. This fault is not a minor academic quibble: it underlies a reproducibility crisis now threatening entire disciplines. In an increasingly statistics-reliant society, this same deeply rooted error shapes decisions in...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Clayton, Aubrey,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 12 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. WHAT IS PROBABILITY?
  • 2. THE TITULAR FALLACY
  • 3. ADOLPHE QUETELET’S BELL CURVE BRIDGE
  • 4. THE FREQUENTIST JIHAD
  • 5. THE QUOTE-UNQUOTE LOGIC OF ORTHODOX STATISTICS
  • 6. THE REPLICATION CRISIS/OPPORTUNITY
  • 7. THE WAY OUT
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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