Stats Reunion: What Have We Learned So Far? Normal Curves: Sexy Science, Serious Statistics podcast

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Stats Reunion: What have we learned so far?

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It’s our first stats reunion! In this special review episode, we revisit favorite concepts from past episodes—p-values, multiple testing, regression adjustment—and give them fresh personalities as characters. Meet the seductive false positive, the clingy post hoc ex, and Charlotte, the well-meaning but overfitting idealist.

Statistical topics

Bar charts vs Box plots
Bonferroni correction
Confounding
False positives
Multiple testing
Multivariable regression
Outcome switching
Over-adjustment
Post hoc analysis
Pre-registration
Residual confounding
Statistical adjustment using regression
Subgroup analysis
Unmeasured confounding

Review Sheet

References

Nuzzo RL. The Box Plots Alternative for Visualizing Quantitative Data. PM R. 2016 Mar;8(3):268-72. doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2016.02.001. Epub 2016 Feb 15. PMID: 26892802.
Sainani KL. The problem of multiple testing. PM R. 2009 Dec;1(12):1098-103. doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.10.004. PMID: 20006317.

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(00:00) - Intro
(02:26) - Mailbag
(06:42) - P-values
(12:43) - Multiple Testing Guy
(16:05) - Bonferroni solution
(17:11) - Post hoc analysis ex
(22:22) - Subgroup analysis person
(29:34) - Statistical adjustment idealist
(43:00) - Unmeasured confounding
(44:25) - Residual confounding
(48:31) - Over-adjustment
(53:48) - Wrap-up

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