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Sampling and Inferential Statistics



Classical (sampling-based) significance tests, as well as resampling, montecarlo and randomization tests.

 

Topics

  • sampling

  • classical significance tests

  • permutation-based significance tests

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]
 

Handouts

  • Borgatti. Spurious correlation.[pdf]

Links

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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