42 questions linked to/from Famous statistical quotations
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### Expanding initial sample when the result isn't significant

This inspiring answer describes a variant of hypothesis, and I want to analysis its property further. Basically, it considers a two-sided test and interprets the $p$-value as a measure of how strong ...
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### How small a quantity should be added to x to avoid taking the log of zero?

I have analysed my data as they are. Now I want to look at my analyses after taking the log of all variables. Many variables contain many zeros. Therefore I add a small quantity to avoid taking the ...
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### Is there an explanation for why there are so many natural phenomena that follow normal distribution?

I think this is a fascinating topic and I do not fully understand it. What law of physics makes so that so many natural phenomena have normal distribution? It would seem more intuitive that they would ...
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### Statistics Jokes

Well, we've got favourite statistics quotes. What about statistics jokes?
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### Regarding p-values, why 1% and 5%? Why not 6% or 10%?

Regarding p-values, I am wondering why $1$% and $5$% seem to be the gold standard for "statistical significance". Why not other values, like $6$% or $10$%? Is ...
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### Why do my p-values differ between logistic regression output, chi-squared test, and the confidence interval for the OR?

I have built a logistic regression where the outcome variable is being cured after receiving treatment (Cure vs. No Cure). All ...
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### Omitted variable bias in linear regression

I have a philosophical question regarding omitted variable bias. We have the typical regression model (population model) $$Y= \beta_0 + \beta_1X_1 + ... + \beta_nX_n + \upsilon,$$ where the ...
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### Is there non-distribution (without any distribution rule) data?

My classmate told me: Any data in this world fit a kind of distribution I am just newbie in statistics.I just know normal,...
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### how to choose a transformation for left heavy tailed data due to arbitrary upper limit imposed by experimenter?

I have two vectors that look like this: I would like to make a significance test on the paired differences between the two vectors, as well as measure association. The process of data generation is "...
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### Famous data visualizations [duplicate]

I am looking for famous, historical, beautiful, impressive, or otherwise noteworthy visualizations based on statistical concepts. I think of examples along the lines of Florence Nightingale's ...
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### How to test if my distribution is multimodal?

When I plot a histogram of my data, it has two peaks: Does that mean a potential multi-modal distribution? I ran the dip.test in R (...
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### How to test hypothesis of no group differences?

Imagine you have a study with two groups (e.g., males and females) looking at a numeric dependent variable (e.g., intelligence test scores) and you have the hypothesis that there are no group ...
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### Central limit theorem and the law of large numbers

I have a very beginner's question regarding the Central Limit Theorem (CLT): I am aware that the CLT states that a mean of i.i.d. random variables is approximately normal distributed (for \$n \to \...