tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post8433609412264461201..comments2024-03-28T03:16:14.104-04:00Comments on Noahpinion: Thursday Roundup, 10/30/2014Noah Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093917601641588575noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-49695909519207070532014-11-06T13:47:32.396-05:002014-11-06T13:47:32.396-05:00"John Cochrane has taken up the Neo-Fisherian..."John Cochrane has taken up the Neo-Fisherian banner! Low interest rates cause deflation!"<br /><br />Meaning that U Chic is now OK with 'correlation = causation'Barry DeCiccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735814736387033844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-72585478851505341922014-11-04T23:22:00.883-05:002014-11-04T23:22:00.883-05:00What exactly did you mean by "America's h...What exactly did you mean by "America's huge cost problem"? I think it refers to the environmental, regulatory, and time requirements regarding getting many infrastructure projects going, but I'm not sure. Any reading suggestions on the topic(s)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-29663182845240060082014-10-31T21:55:45.897-04:002014-10-31T21:55:45.897-04:00This comment seems weirdly out of place on an econ...This comment seems weirdly out of place on an economics blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-87720136451247614232014-10-31T14:17:18.344-04:002014-10-31T14:17:18.344-04:00Fair points, all. Fair points, all. Noah Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093917601641588575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-82262808186019814132014-10-31T14:17:02.085-04:002014-10-31T14:17:02.085-04:00I'm leaving this comment up for teh lulz.I'm leaving this comment up for teh lulz. Noah Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093917601641588575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-75336997951506232412014-10-31T09:11:25.159-04:002014-10-31T09:11:25.159-04:00Noah, today isn't Thursday, I think you mean &...Noah, today isn't Thursday, I think you mean "that <i>are</i> family-friendly", and it's Halloween, not April fools. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-10807762060134528312014-10-31T07:42:28.770-04:002014-10-31T07:42:28.770-04:00Re. p-values:
Calling a result with a p-value &g...Re. p-values: <br /><br />Calling a result with a p-value > 0.05 a “negative result” is wrong -- it is a failure to find strong evidence for a hypothesis, possibly because the sample was small. The actual effect might be both large and life-or-death important.<br /><br />Calling a result with a p-value < 0.05 a “significant result” can (even without data mining and selection effects) be grossly misleading to the typical reader. It may be the result of a statistically powerful study that has identified what by most standards is a negligible effect on something of small importance, like a 1% greater relative risk of hangnails.<br /><br />According to an article in Nature several years ago, alleged scientists not uncommonly regard a result with p > 0.05 as rejecting the positive hypothesis, which is just insane.EDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-25673481262716875322014-10-31T06:45:35.362-04:002014-10-31T06:45:35.362-04:0033% selective reasoning in support of glibertarian...33% selective reasoning in support of glibertarian handwaving, must have been a slow week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-88525430099635741392014-10-31T05:21:16.875-04:002014-10-31T05:21:16.875-04:00You're running out of cowgirl pictures that ar...You're running out of cowgirl pictures that are family-friendly, right? Or is this blog about to get a whole lot more racy?Chris Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13779786705356501784noreply@blogger.com