Lecture 06 - Foundations for Inference

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Key Topics

Central limit theorem Confidence intervals Filenames Hypothesis testing Predictive intervals R Statistical significance stats

Resources

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Lecture Slides

Central Limit Theorem Simulator

The simulator we discussed in class that shows how the central limit theorem works can be found here.

Articles on p-hacking

At the end of this lecture, there is a discussion of p-hacking - the manipulation (often intentional, but we also discussed more generally how p-values can be unintentionally manipulated) of statistical significance. Here are the two articles that were metnioned:

• Hack your way to scientific glory
• Science Isn’t Broken

Extra Information

This week, I mentioned a number of important statisticians. If you want more information, you can check out these Wikipedia pages:

• William Sealy Gosset
• Abraham de Moivre
• Pierre-Simon Laplace