[HN Gopher] Understanding P-Values Through Simulations - An Inte...
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       Understanding P-Values Through Simulations - An Interactive
       Visualization
        
       Author : sebg
       Score  : 49 points
       Date   : 2021-03-07 14:53 UTC (8 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (rpsychologist.com)
        
       | analog31 wrote:
       | It does say the website is under construction, but for those of
       | us who are not statisticians, an explanation of the terminology
       | and what the simulation is doing might be helpful.
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       | However, I'm giving a thumbs-up because I think that simulations
       | are an under-utilized tool in stats, math, or any kind of
       | quantitative science. I use statistics just often enough that I
       | don't trust myself to just remember how to choose a technique. I
       | find that feeding some random data through a calculation helps me
       | clarify how I interpret my results.
        
         | saeranv wrote:
         | What I found really helpful in beginning to understanding
         | hypothesis testing is Allen Downey's blog post[1] about how a
         | lot of confusion about p-value calculation stems from the
         | historical reliance on inflexible, opaque analytic methods to
         | approximate the p-value. The rise of cheap, fast computation
         | allows simulation to replace those complex analytic methods,
         | which makes understanding p-values a lot easier.
         | 
         | [1] http://allendowney.blogspot.com/2011/05/there-is-only-one-
         | te...
        
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