under H 0 and H 1, respectively, where n represents the total sample size in the study (cases and controls). M 0 (n,k) is analogous to a type I error, yet is not fixed by design at α. M i (n,k) i=0,1 ...

This is a guest post by Nathan Paxton. As social scientists, at least as regards what we can empirically assess, we tend to make statements of probability rather than fact. So rather than say that ...

It turns out that the old adage about statistics and damned lies wasn’t a joke. Sticks and stones may be bonebreakers, and words inflict no (physical) pain, but numbers can kill. In 2004, for instance ...

Bernoulli’s 1713 golden theorem is viewed retrospectively in the context of modern model-based frequentist inference that revolves around the concept of a prespecified statistical model Mθ (x), ...