JSM 2011 Online Program

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Activity Details


438 Wed, 8/3/2011, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-JR Ballroom AB
Late-Breaking Session: Supreme Court Finds Statistical Significance Is Not Necessary for Causation — Other Special Presentation
ASA , ENAR , IMS , SSC , WNAR , International Chinese Statistical Association , International Indian Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Milo Schield, StatLit Project
Chair(s): Milo Schield, StatLit Project
8:30 AM Supreme Court Finds Statistical Significance Is Not Necessary for Causation Milo Schield, StatLit Project
8:45 AM Matrixx v. Siracusano and Student v. Fisher: Statistical Significance on Trial Stephen T. Ziliak, Roosevelt University
9:05 AM The tenuous relationship between tests of significance and causation: Matrixx and the Supreme Court Joseph "Jay" Kadane, Carnegie Mellon University
9:25 AM Comments on US Supreme Court Case: Matrixx, Statistical Significance and Causation Donald Rubin, Harvard University
9:45 AM Comments on US Supreme Court Matrixx Case: Is Significance Significant?" Daniel T. Kaplan, Macalester College
10:05 AM Floor Discussion



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