Description
| Product ID: | 9780472050079 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Economics, Cognition & Society |
| Title: | The Cult of Statistical Significance |
| Subtitle: | How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives |
| Authors: | Author: Deirdre N. McCloskey, Stephen Thomas Ziliak |
| Page Count: | 384 |
| Subjects: | Research methods: general, Research methods: general, Probability and statistics, Probability & statistics |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Null hypothesis significance testing is a scientific train-wreck, about which a small group of statisticians have been warning. This book shows how the wreck happened, and reports on the fatalities. It shows how wide the disaster is, and traces the problem to its historical, sociological, and philosophical roots. |
| Imprint Name: | The University of Michigan Press |
| Publisher Name: | The University of Michigan Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2008-02-28 |