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.
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- Meehl, P. E. (1967). Theory-testing in psychology and physics: A
methodological paradox. Philosophy of science, 34, 103-115.
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