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Activity Number: 326
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 2, 2016 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Council of Chapters
Abstract #318381 View Presentation
Title: Significance Testing Harms Replicability Only if Misused
Author(s): Yoav Benjamini*
Companies: Tel Aviv University
Keywords: reproducibility ; p-value ; selective inference
Abstract:

I shall explain the need for statistical hypotheses testing in big data scientific problems, and the reliance on drawing a bright line. I shall then emphasize the importance of (i) capturing the relevant error relevant to replicability, and of (ii) addressing selective inference. I shall demonstrate with example from 'reproducibility projects' how these two issues harm replicability when not attended for appropriately.


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