Michael Chernick

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I am a biostatistician at the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research where I work on lab experiments, clinical trials and other medical research. I have a PhD in Statistics from Stanford University. I have published books on bootstrap and biostatistics and have written or coauthored many articles in statistics, mathematics and medical journals. I am an ASA Fellow and am also a member of ENAR, the IMS, the Bernoulli Society and the Royal Statistical Society. I like teaching and mentoring and playing chess with my son (who usually beats me).


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Is there a minimum sample size required for the t-test to be valid?
sep 26 at 0:02
15
Good games for learning statistical thinking?
may 22 '12 at 13:43
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What does a non positive definite covariance matrix tell me about my data?
jun 14 '12 at 17:04
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Why does the Cauchy distribution have no mean?
sep 10 at 15:36
12
Basic easy rules for statistics
jun 8 '12 at 12:08
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R vs SAS, why is SAS prefered by private companies?
aug 6 at 18:53
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How to quantify statistical insignificance?
may 22 '12 at 2:42
10
What is the probability that this person is female?
jun 21 '12 at 3:04
9
What is the fiducial argument and why has it not been accepted?
may 7 '12 at 15:07
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Is bootstrapping a valid method to assess the uncertainty of the median estimate?
aug 28 at 16:08
9
“Fully Bayesian” vs “Bayesian”
jul 7 '12 at 15:29
9
Why autocovariances could fully characterise a time series?
jun 19 '12 at 18:00
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Intuitive explanation of unit root
may 24 '12 at 22:37
8
Bayesians: slaves of the likelihood function?
oct 1 at 21:37
8
Paired versus unpaired t-test
sep 27 at 16:12
8
Detecting outliers using standard deviations
sep 26 at 2:58
8
Which result to choose when Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney seem to return contradicting results?
aug 9 at 21:36
8
Good summaries (reviews, books) on various applications of Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC)?
jul 15 '12 at 13:54
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How to judge if a datapoint deviates substantially from the norm
may 22 '12 at 18:13
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Standard errors for multiple regression coefficients?
may 7 '12 at 1:47
8
How would you explain generalized linear models to people with no statistical background?
may 3 '12 at 17:23
7
Understanding the Behrens–Fisher problem
aug 25 at 6:42
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Question on sampling error
aug 13 at 21:51
7
How to build a regression model with just 5 datapoints with 5 or more variables?
aug 8 at 16:42
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Why does this excerpt say that unbiased estimation of standard deviation usually isn't relevant?
jul 28 at 9:50
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Does a regression tree strictly dominate OLS in prediction?
jun 27 '12 at 23:33
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How can I find the standard deviation of the sample standard deviation from a normal distribution?
may 7 '12 at 22:16
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How does the standard error work?
aug 2 at 14:41
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Strategies for introducing advanced statistics to various audiences
oct 2 at 16:28
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What causes the discontinuity in the distribution of published p-values at p < .05?
oct 1 at 19:24
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