MODR 1730 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Face Validity, Withings, Status Quo Bias
6 Mar 2019
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What you learn from this book will encourage a healthy scepticism about statistics, but should also enable you to make use of valid statistical information (p. 3). Statistical and scientific claims, like all claims, require evidence and support. They should not be taken at face value, or just because some expert is reported to claim them (p. 3). in news reports: the reliability of the study depends on the competency and fairness of the reporter (p. 5). Ideological fixity the need to be right the desire for certainty identification with our beliefs defensiveness. Groupthink inside-the-box bias (aka status quo bias: cognitive biases. Short article apply some of the concepts from batteries book on the teamwork next week, prepare you for final quiz, apply the ideas, toa rice that has data. I know promise, 3 weeks ago, inquiries from the past. Scope of what is expected of you, does;t have to be daunting.
