During his Ph.D. research, mathematician Tyron Lardy worked on a new approach to hypothesis testing. Instead of the traditional p-value, he uses so-called e-values. These turn out to be more ...

In the early 20 th century, Guinness breweries in Dublin had a policy of hiring the best graduates from Oxford and Cambridge to improve their industrial processes. At the time, it was considered a ...

Basic concepts in hypothesis testing, including effect sizes, type I and type II errors, calculation of statistical power, non-centrality parameter, and applications of these concepts to twin studies.

In the realm of technical product development, hypothesis testing acts as a bridge between design, data and decision-making. It enables teams to move beyond assumptions and validate their ideas ...

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Editor's Note: This post references research by Diederik Stapel. Many of his studies have since been found to be fradulent. Tomás de Torquemada, "The hammer of heretics," would have loved to hate the ...

Chapter 5 argued that substantial improvements in the cost-effectiveness of operational testing can be achieved by test planning and state-of-the-art statistical methods for test design. It was also ...