Navigating through uncertainty in data for extracting global statistical insights

This question complements the one in the thread Random sampling versus random allocation/randomization- implications for p-value interpretation. Given that observational studies involve neither rando...

A commentary on The new statistics: why and how by Cumming, G. (2014). The new statistics: why and how. Psychol. Sci. 25(1), 7-29. doi: 10.1177/0956797613504...

This review examines recent advances in sample size planning, not only from the perspective of an individual researcher, but also with regard to the goal of developing cumulative knowledge. Psychologi...

More options for uncertainty estimation

When direct and indirect estimates of treatment effects are coherent, network meta-analysis (NMA) estimates should have increased precision (narrower confidence or credible intervals compared with relying on direct estimates alone), a benefit of NMA. We have, however, observed cases of sparse networ …

Let's stick to an ideal situation with random sampling, Gaussian populations, equal variances, no P-hacking, etc. Step 1. You run an experiment say comparing two sample means, and compute a 95%

There are three widely applicable measures of central tendency for general continuous distributions: the mean, median, and pseudomedian (the mode is useful for describing smooth theoretical distributi...

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