Comic endorsing Bayesian statistics
post by grouchymusicologist · 2011-04-06T05:29:37.492Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 13 commentsWell, that might be editorializing on my part, but you'll see what I mean ...
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comment by Sniffnoy · 2011-04-06T05:41:00.936Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Definitely editorializing on your part.
Replies from: David_Gerard, Alicorn↑ comment by David_Gerard · 2011-04-06T09:19:21.930Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Yep.
comment by jsalvatier · 2011-04-06T06:25:01.777Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
More of a critique of hypothesis testing than an endorsement of Bayes stats. It is a pretty tough criticism though.
Replies from: Vladimir_Nesov↑ comment by Vladimir_Nesov · 2011-04-06T10:06:10.298Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Come on, it's about journalists' sloppiness in understanding technical statements. What the minecraft people said was certainty correct.
comment by Tehom · 2011-04-07T04:04:59.020Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
It's the file-drawer problem in comic form.
Replies from: Pr0methean↑ comment by Pr0methean · 2014-08-24T07:06:12.117Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Makes me wish initiatives like U of Ottawa's JI-R would turn into real journals that could reliably publish at least quarterly.
comment by HonoreDB · 2011-04-06T18:48:13.601Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
It's an excellent comic in that you can see room for improvement in every step. With better hypothesis generation, we control the number of false positives by controlling the number of false hypotheses--maybe they should have just kept playing Minecraft?