Bioinformatics seminar TODAY 12:00PM "The Significance Test Controversy"

[Xianjun Dong]

Dear all, 

TODAY's Bioinformatics Club we will have Prof. Joseph J Locascio, PhD, to talk about 

The Significance Test Controversy

Time: Dec 11th, 12:00 - 1:00 PM (TODAY)
Place: BTM - 9004 conference room

For decades, many statisticians have criticized the inappropriate use and overuse of null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) especially in medical and behavioral science research. This controversy has now especially intensified partly as a reaction to a recent ban on publishing results of NHST in the psychology journal Basic & Applied Social Psychology (BASP).  The American Statistical Association has also recently taken the unusual step of publishing a formal policy statement cautioning against misuse of NHST.  The NHST controversy is also intimately connected to other widely recognized problems in science publishing such as publication bias and “the crisis of irreproducibility”.  Dr. Locascio will try to lay out the basic issues in these controversies and suggested solutions to these problems including one of his own just published in BASP.  

Please help to spread this message around, as your colleagues might also be interested. Thanks!

For more upcoming talks in Bioinformatics Club, see our new website: http://bioinformatics.bwh.harvard.edu/upcoming-talks/

See you soon!

Best,

Xianjun Dong, PhD 

[Xianjun Dong]

Attached is the slide for Prof. Locascio’s talk today. Feel free to print handouts. 

-Xianjun 

Sent from my iPhone

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From: "Locascio, Joseph J." <JLOC...@mgh.harvard.edu>
Date: December 11, 2017 at 9:44:41 AM EST
To: Xianjun Dong <xianjun.d...@gmail.com>
Subject: RE: Bioinformatics seminar TODAY 12:00PM "The Significance Test Controversy"

Hi Xianjun,

    I’ve attached the Power Point slides I will be using today.  I assume you will want to pass this on to attendees?

 

Joseph J. Locascio
Work Phone: (617) 724-7192
Email Address: JLoc...@partners.org    
             

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