Tag: Probability
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Should you calculate a p-value when there isn’t randomisation?
The thought behind this question was prompted by reading [zotpressInText item=”{TIBTBKWD}” format=”%a% (%d%, %p%)”], which argues against frequentist inferential statistics. One of the arguments refers to an underlying assumption required to compute p-values; they need random sampling. Without this, a p-value is meaningless. But this is rare in social science research [zotpressInText item=”{VRZPC486}” format=”%a% (%d%,…
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Notes on Paul Meehl’s “Philosophical Psychology Session” #10
These are the notes I made whilst watching the video recording of Paul Meehl’s philosophy of science lectures. This is the tenth episode (a list of all the videos can he found here). Please note that these posts are not designed to replace or be used instead of the actual videos (I highly recommend you…
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Notes on Paul Meehl’s “Philosophical Psychology Session” #09
These are the notes I made whilst watching the video recording of Paul Meehl’s philosophy of science lectures. This is the ninth episode (a list of all the videos can he found here). Please note that these posts are not designed to replace or be used instead of the actual videos (I highly recommend you…
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Notes on Paul Meehl’s “Philosophical Psychology Session” #07
These are the notes I made whilst watching the video recording of Paul Meehl’s philosophy of science lectures. This is the seventh episode (a list of all the videos can he found here). Please note that these posts are not designed to replace or be used instead of the actual videos (I highly recommend you watch…
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