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Read more about the article Economics research is mostly untrustworthy because economists cheat so much with the statistics

Economics research is mostly untrustworthy because economists cheat so much with the statistics

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:11. December 2022
  • Post category:Economics/Math/Statistics/Metascience

I recently posted a book review of Garett Jones' 10% less Democracy. My main beef with the book is that it relies on lots of studies with dubious p values,…

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Read more about the article What’s the right dose of democracy?

What’s the right dose of democracy?

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:4. November 2022
  • Post category:Book review/Economics/Immigration

If you haven't done so already, take the reader survey here! In medicine, there's the occasional discussion of the dose response function of some drug. People wisely assume that it…

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Read more about the article Against anogenital distance

Against anogenital distance

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:27. July 2021
  • Post category:Medicine

Because on this blog we love anything that has to do with calipers. The most obscure weapon in the HBD arsenal? Goes like this: Figure from this 2015 study. Alright,…

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P-hacking in science over time

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:13. September 2014
  • Post category:Metascience

The rest of the paper is interesting too: A surge of p-values between 0.040 and 0.049 in recent decades (but negative results are increasing rapidly too). Found via Scholar of…

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