On the Correct Use of Statistical Tests: Reply to 'Lies, damned lies and statistics (in Geology)'

Autor:	Sornette, D., Pisarenko, V.
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Physics - Data Analysis Statistics and Probability Physics - Physics Education Physics - Geophysics Physics - Physics and Society
Zdroj:	Eos Transactions AGU, Vol. 92, No. 8, page 64, 22 February 2011
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.1029/2011EO080008
Popis:	In a Forum published in EOS Transactions AGU (2009) entitled "Lies, damned lies and statistics (in Geology)", Vermeesch (2009) claims that "statistical significant is not the same as geological significant", in other words, statistical tests may be misleading. In complete contradiction, we affirm that statistical tests are always informative. We detail the several mistakes of Vermeesch in his initial paper and in his comments to our reply. The present text is developed in the hope that it can serve as an illuminating pedagogical exercise for students and lecturers to learn more about the subtleties, richness and power of the science of statistics. Comment: 7 pages and 1 figure: This text expands considerably the short text published under the same title in Eos Transactions AGU, Vol. 92, No. 8, page 64, 22 February 2011
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1001.4158 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv