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2026
11 Sept 2026
24 Jun 2026
‘Low power’ and an all too standard error (continuation of “don’t turn power on its head”)original ↗
8 Jun 2026
12 May 2026
(JAN #2) Leisurely cruise January 2026: Excursion 4 Tour II: 4.4 “Do P-Values Exaggerate the Evidence?”original ↗
17 Jan 2026
(JAN #1) Leisurely Cruise January 2026: Excursion 4 Tour I: The Myth of “The Myth of Objectivity” (Mayo 2018, CUP)original ↗
8 Jan 2026
2025
15 Dec 2025
Modest replication probabilities of p-values–desirable, not regrettable: a note from Stephen Sennoriginal ↗
3 Dec 2025
First Look at N-P Methods as Severe Tests: Water plant accident [Exhibit (i) from Excursion 3]original ↗
28 Nov 2025
14 Nov 2025
Excursion 1 Tour I (3rd stop): The Current State of Play in Statistical Foundations: A View From a Hot-Air Balloon (1.3)original ↗
26 Oct 2025
10 Oct 2025
2025(1)The leisurely cruise begins: Excerpt from Excursion 1 Tour 1 of Statistical Inference as Severe Testing (SIST)original ↗
2 Oct 2025
26 Sept 2025
9 Jul 2025
21 May 2025
(Guest Post) Stephen Senn: “Delta Force: To what extent is clinical relevance relevant?” (reblog)original ↗
17 May 2025
A recent “brown bag” I gave in Philo at Va Tech: “What is the Philosophy of Statistics? (and how I was drawn to it)”original ↗
9 May 2025
4 years ago: Falsifying claims of trust in bat coronavirus research: mysteries of the mine (i)-(iv)original ↗
4 Apr 2025
“Are Controversies in Statistics Relevant for Responsible AI/ML? (My talk at an AI ethics conference) (ii)original ↗
19 Mar 2025
Return to Classical Epistemology: Sensitivity and Severity: Gardiner and Zaharatos (2022) (i)original ↗
11 Feb 2025
Leisurely cruise January 2025 (2nd stop): Excerpt from Excursion 4 Tour II: 4.4 “Do P-Values Exaggerate the Evidence?”original ↗
27 Jan 2025
Leisurely Cruise January 2025: Excursion 4 Tour I: The Myth of “The Myth of Objectivity” (Mayo 2018, CUP)original ↗
8 Jan 2025
2024
8 Dec 2024
Call for reader replacements! First Look at N-P Methods as Severe Tests: Water plant accident [Exhibit (i) from Excursion 3]original ↗
25 Nov 2024
14 Nov 2024
Has Statistics become corrupted? Philip Stark’s questions (and some questions about them) (ii)original ↗
7 Nov 2024
29 Oct 2024
Panel Discussion Questions from my Neyman Lecture: “Severity as a basic concept in philosophy of statistics”original ↗
28 Oct 2024
22 Oct 2024
Excursion 1 Tour I (3rd stop): The Current State of Play in Statistical Foundations: A View From a Hot-Air Balloon (1.3)original ↗
17 Oct 2024
13 Oct 2024
The leisurely cruise begins: Excerpt from Excursion 1 Tour 1 of Statistical Inference as Severe Testing (SIST)original ↗
30 Sept 2024
21 Sept 2024
An exchange between A. Gelman and D. Mayo on abandoning statistical significance: 5 years agooriginal ↗
12 Sept 2024
Georgi Georgiev (Guest Post): “The frequentist vs Bayesian split in online experimentation before and after the ‘abandon statistical significance’ call”original ↗
1 Sept 2024
26 Aug 2024
Andrew Gelman (Guest post): (Trying to) clear up a misunderstanding about decision analysis and significance testingoriginal ↗
18 Aug 2024
Aris Spanos Guest Post: “On Frequentist Testing: revisiting widely held confusions and misinterpretations”original ↗
8 Aug 2024
Guest Post: Yudi Pawitan: “Update on Behavioral aspects in the statistical significance war-game (‘abandon statistical significance 5 years on’)original ↗
4 Aug 2024
Abandon Statistical Significance and Bayesian Epistemology: some troubles in philosophy v3original ↗
25 Jul 2024
Guest Post: John Park: Abandoning P-values and Embracing Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (thoughts on “abandon statistical significance 5 years on”)original ↗
17 Jul 2024
Guest Post: Ron Kenett: What’s happening in statistical practice since the “abandon statistical significance” calloriginal ↗
11 Jul 2024
Guest Post (part 2 of 2): Daniël Lakens: “How were we supposed to move beyond p < .05, and why didn’t we?”original ↗
4 Jul 2024
Guest Post: “Daniël Lakens: How were we supposed to move beyond p < .05, and why didn’t we? “(part 1 of 2):original ↗
1 Jul 2024
Guest Post: Christian Hennig: “Statistical tests in five random research papers of 2024, and related thoughts on the ‘don’t say significant’ initiative”original ↗
25 Jun 2024
Guest Post: Andrea Saltelli: Analytic flexibility: a badly kept secret? (thoughts on “abandon statistical significance 5 years on”)original ↗
16 Jun 2024
5-year review: “Les stats, c’est moi”: We take that step here! (Adopt our fav word or phil stat!)(iii)original ↗
21 May 2024
5-year Review: The ASA’s P-value Project: Why it’s Doing More Harm than Good (cont from 11/4/19)original ↗
19 May 2024
5-year Review: P-Value Statements and Their Unintended(?) Consequences: The June 2019 ASA President’s Corner (b)original ↗
11 May 2024
5-year review: Hardwicke and Ioannidis, Gelman, and Mayo: P-values: Petitions, Practice, and Perilsoriginal ↗
4 May 2024
5-year Review: B. Haig: [TAS] 2019 update on P-values and significance (ASA II)(Guest Post)original ↗
23 Apr 2024
5-year review: The NEJM Issues New Guidelines on Statistical Reporting: Is the ASA P-Value Project Backfiring? (i)original ↗
19 Apr 2024
5-year review: Don’t let the tail wag the dog by being overly influenced by flawed statistical inferencesoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2024
7 Mar 2024
Happy Birthday R.A. Fisher: “Statistical methods and Scientific Induction” with replies by Neyman and E.S. Pearsonoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2024
31 Jan 2024
11 Jan 2024
2023
Princeton talk: Statistical Inference as Severe Testing: Beyond Performance and Probabilismoriginal ↗
27 Dec 2023