This article deals with the problem of local sensitivity analysis, that is, how sensitive are the results of a statistical analysis to changes in the data? A general methodology of sensitivity ...

Unfavorable methods of teaching statistics in schools and universities may be to blame for people ignoring simple solutions to statistical problems, making them hard to solve. This can have serious ...

The rich world of permutation tests can be supplemented by a variety of applications where only some permutations are permitted. We consider two examples: testing independence with truncated data and ...

Although population association studies are not new, there remain many areas of disagreement over appropriate statistical analyses. This article provides an overview of statistical methods, including ...

The first study of why people struggle to solve statistical problems reveals a preference for complicated rather than simpler, more intuitive solutions -- which often leads to failure in solving the ...

The fields of psychology and cognitive neuroscience have had some rough sledding in recent years. The bumps have come from high-profile fraudsters, concerns about findings that can't be replicated, ...

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