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For decades, there has been a heated debate about whether or not nuclear power plants contribute to childhood cancer in their respective neighbourhoods, with statisticians testifying on both sides. The present paper points to some flaws in the pro-arguments, taking a recent study prepared for...
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Statistik ist etwas Faszinierendes sagt der Bestseller-Autor Walter Krämer. Wenn Sie jetzt denken: Für Krämer vielleicht, schließlich ist er Professor für dieses Fach, dann werden Sie hier schnell eines anderen belehrt. Prägnant, klar und sehr vergnüglich zeigt Krämer auf, wie zentrale...
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This article takes issue with a recent book by Ziliak and McCloskey (2008) of the same title. Ziliak and McCloskey argue that statistical significance testing is a barrier rather than a booster for empirical research in many fields and should therefore be abandoned altogether. The present...
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