The third meeting of our New Phil Stat Forum*:

The Statistics Wars
and Their Casualties

November 19: 15:00 – 16:45  (London time)
10-11:45 am (New York, EST) 

“Randomisation and Control in the Age of Coronavirus“

Stephen Senn

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National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS): The Statistics Debate (Video)

October 15, 2020: Noon – 2 pm ET
(17-19:00 London Time)

Website: https://www.niss.org/events/statistics-debate
(Online webinar debate, free but must register to attend on website above)

Debate Host: Dan Jeske (University of California, Riverside)

Participants:
Jim Berger (Duke University)
Deborah Mayo (Virginia Tech)
David Trafimow (New Mexico State University)

Where do you stand?

• Given the issues surrounding the misuses and abuse of p-values, do you think p-values should be used?
• Do you think the use of estimation and confidence intervals eliminates the need for hypothesis tests?
• Bayes Factors – are you for or against?
• How should we address the reproducibility crisis?

If you are intrigued by these questions and have an interest in how these questions might be answered – one way of the other – then this is the event for you!

Want to get a sense of the thinking behind the practicality (or not) of various statistical approaches?  Interested in hearing both sides of the story – during the same session!?

This event will be held in a debate type of format. The participants will be given selected questions ahead of time, so they have a chance to think about their responses, but this is intended to be much less of a presentation and more of a give and take between the debaters.

So – let’s have fun with this!  The best way to find out what happens is to register and attend!