Sampling and Inferential Statistics
 
 
Classical (sampling-based) significance tests, as well as resampling, montecarlo 
and randomization tests.  
				  
	
		
		Topics
		
		Readings
		
			- Cowgill, G. L. 1977. The trouble with significance tests and 
			what we can do about it. American Antiquity 42:350-368.[^pdf]
 
			- Cohen, J. 1994. The earth is round (p < .05). 
			American Psychologist 49:997-1003 [pdf]
 
			- Bartholomew, D. 1995. What is statistics? Journal of the Royal 
			Statistical Society. Series A (Statistics in Society), Vol. 158, No. 
			1 (1995), pp. 1-20 [^pdf]
 
		 
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		Handouts
		
			- Borgatti. Spurious correlation.[pdf]
 
		 
		Links
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Additional
 
		
			- Borgatti, S.P. 2002. A Statistical Method for Comparing 
			Aggregate Data Across a priori Groups. Field Methods 14(1): 88-107.[pdf]
			
 
			- Fichman, M. (1999). Variance Explained: Why Size Doesn't 
			(Always) Matter. Research in Organizational Behavior, 21, 295-331.
 
			- Noreen, Eric. 1989. Computer-Intensive 
			Methods for Testing Hypotheses: An Introduction. Wiley-Interscience.
			[amazon]
 
			- Meehl, P. E. (1967). Theory-testing in psychology and physics: A 
			methodological paradox. Philosophy of science, 34, 103-115.
 
		 
 
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