Month: May 2020

III. (June 4) Deeper Concepts: Confidence Intervals and Tests: Higgs’ Discovery:

Reading:

SIST: Excursion 3 Tour III 

(Strongly) Recommended (as much as interests you) Excursion 3 Tour II:It’s the Methods Stupid: Howlers and Chestnuts of Tests

General Info Items:  

(more…)

.

II. (May 28): N-P and Fisherian Tests, Severe Testing: How to avoid fallacies of tests

Reading:

SIST: Excursion 3 Tour I (focus on pages up to p. 152): 3.1, 3.2, 3.3

Recommended: Excursion 2 Tour II pp. 92-100 (Sections 2.4-2.7)

Optional: I will (try to) answer questions on demarcation of science, induction, falsification, Popper from Excursion 2 Tour II (Section 2.3)

(Use comments on this blog for queries we don’t get to in the seminar. The first comment you write is sent to moderation to be approved; after that it’s automatic.)

Handout: Areas Under the Standard Normal Curve

5 minute refresher on means, variance, standard deviations, and the Normal distribution, standard normal

(more…)

.

I. (May 21)  Introduction: Controversies in Phil Stat  

Reading:

SIST*: Preface, Excursion 1
Preface
Excursion 1 Tour I
Excursion 1 Tour II

*Note: The above are from proofs, participants should have a copy of the book

Notes:
NOTES on Excursion 1
Postcard

Please ask any questions from the First Meeting in the comments of this blog. (more…)

Mayo

 General Schedule  PDF

CLICK ON READINGS

Topic: Current Controversies in Phil Stat (LSE, Remote 15:00 – 17:00; Thursdays 21 May-18 June)

Main Text SIST: Statistical Inference as Severe Testing: How to Get Beyond the Statistics Wars CUP, 2018)*:

Slides for each meeting will be on individual meeting posts on this blog. (more…)