Type I and Type II errors, and how statistical tests can be misleading

Format: Postgraduate and professional

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Language/s: 3-5 How certain is the evidence?

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Resource Link: View The Video

Target Audience: 3-2 Are you very different from the people studied?

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3-1 Do the outcomes measured matter to you?

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Short Description:

Gilbert Welch’s 12-min video explaining Type I and Type II errors, and how statistical tests can be misleading.

Key Concepts addressed:

• 1-4 Common practice is not always evidence-based
• 1-3 Association is not the same as causation

Details

Gilbert Welch’s 12-min video explaining Type I and Type II errors, and how statistical tests can be misleading.