The Cult of Statistical Significance shows, field by field, how "statistical significance," a technique that dominates many sciences, has been a huge mistake. The authors find that researchers in a broad spectrum of fields, from agronomy to zoology, employ "testing" that doesn't…
This is the seventh book in a series of discussions about the great minds in the history and theory of finance. While the series addresses the contributions of scholars in our understanding of financial decisions and markets, this seventh book describes how econometrics develope…
This volume is an insightful biographical account of the life and work of William Sealy Gosset, a highly influential figure in the development of modern statistical thinking. Based on his statistical correspondence, the book provides unique insight into the ideas discussed by Go…
