Greenland on Cognition, Causality, and Statistics

Sander Greenland argues that all mistakes of P-values will be reproduced in any other method, because they are fundamentally cognitive errors due to bias and incentives. We need to pay attention to cognition of stats and emphasize the causal story and proper use of plain-language. One example, he proposes using S-value not P-value.

Logically equivalent is NOT cognitively equivalent.

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Happy to hear “diversity of thought” called out early in today’s “Inclusive Leaders” training at Jacobs. Is your team all from the same university? Are you agreeing too much? You are likely missing key pieces of the picture. #EnsembleLearning #DiverseTeams