Description
We do know quite a lot about cross-cultural research, isn’t it? Why do we still bother testing the null hypothesis which asserts that there is no difference in the population? Even if we would not expect any difference, which is by the way a good hypothesis, the p-value would not give us an answer at all on this question.In this presentation, I will explain in which cases the null hypothesis and p-value, when used correctly, would give a correct answer. I will also show how often we abuse the p-value and I will give a reason why we should stop doing so. In addition, I will show how Bayesian statistics work and what type of solutions it could offer. I will demonstrate through examples from cross-cultural psychology how the respective questions could have been answered in a better way. I will also show that also Bayesian statistics can be abused.
This presentation forms part of the project “The Living Room of Science” from the Young Academy of the KNAW, where a discussion is being carried out about a responsible way of making science.
| Period | 2 Nov 2017 |
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| Event title | NIP Symposium 2017: When culture matters |
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Utrecht, NetherlandsShow on map |