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基本説明
It shows how the most important statistical method used in many of the sciences doesn't pass the test for basic common sense. Ziliak and McCloskey measure the disaster in their home field of economics, psychology, and medical science. They touch as well on law, psychiatry, sociology, political science, education, and other fields.
Full Description
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 test and "estimating" that doesn't estimate. The facts will startle the outside reader: how could a group of brilliant scientists wander so far from scientific magnitudes? This study will encourage scientists who want to know how to get the statistical sciences back on track and fulfill their quantitative promise. The book shows for the first time how wide the disaster is, and how bad for science, and it traces the problem to its historical, sociological, and philosophical roots.
