Interesting. I’m a little disappointed at the incorrect application of the “file drawer” effect by the article cited in the introduction, which should assume a normal distribution rather than all real studies being perfectly neutral. In general I would have liked to see a mention of more powerful statistical techniques—check out funnel plots, they’re sweet.
Still, the experiments cited look very interesting. You’d think that, if it were that easy, the world would look different. But I guess we’ll see. I’ll go test myself for latent psychic powers after lunch—the guy didn’t put his programs up on his website, which is pretty negligent in the computer age.
Interesting. I’m a little disappointed at the incorrect application of the “file drawer” effect by the article cited in the introduction, which should assume a normal distribution rather than all real studies being perfectly neutral. In general I would have liked to see a mention of more powerful statistical techniques—check out funnel plots, they’re sweet.
Still, the experiments cited look very interesting. You’d think that, if it were that easy, the world would look different. But I guess we’ll see. I’ll go test myself for latent psychic powers after lunch—the guy didn’t put his programs up on his website, which is pretty negligent in the computer age.
He did, actually. Some of it anyway.
Funnel plots do look cool. Thanks for the pointer :-)