Sorrow Residual
@sethposting.bsky.social
@sethposting on Twitter.
A very interesting read on how the head brewer at Guinness figured out the t-test of significance among other contributions to statistics, and his Bayesian approach to level of significance.
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Some quotes in thread;
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Some quotes in thread;
Retrospectives: Guinnessometrics: The Economic Foundation of "Student's" t
(Fall 2008) - In economics and other sciences, "statistical significance" is by custom, habit, and education a necessary and sufficient condition for proving an empirical result. The canonical routine...
www.aeaweb.org
July 1, 2025 at 5:51 AM
A very interesting read on how the head brewer at Guinness figured out the t-test of significance among other contributions to statistics, and his Bayesian approach to level of significance.
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Some quotes in thread;
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Some quotes in thread;
The problem with a new platform is that it allows people who already follow you to revaluate their decision
September 24, 2023 at 8:39 AM
The problem with a new platform is that it allows people who already follow you to revaluate their decision