Speaker Event: Problems with the p-value
Details
The Washington Statistical Society (http://washstat.org/) is pleased to cross-list this program (https://www.meetup.com/Data-Science-DC/events/218805060/) organized by the Data Science DC meetup (https://www.meetup.com/Data-Science-DC/):
Dr. Regina Nuzzo (http://www.gallaudet.edu/faculty-staff/psychology/nuzzo_regina.html) of Gallaudet University will discuss a fundamental, but flawed, tool of statistical inference and statistical communication, the p-value. Expect a very… significant… presentation.
Please enter your RSVP for this event here or at Data Science DC’s page (https://www.meetup.com/Data-Science-DC/events/218805060/), but not both.
Agenda:
• 6:30 pm - Networking, Empanadas, and Refreshments
• 7:00 pm - Introduction, Announcements, Give-aways
• 7:15 pm - Presentation and Discussion
• 8:30 pm - Data Drinks (Tonic, 2036 G St NW)
Abstract:
What’s the fuss around the p-value? This standard measure has been widely canonized—from entry-level statistics texts all the way to regulatory agencies and the scientific publication system—yet it is often misunderstood, misapplied, and obsessively stalked. In this talk, Dr. Nuzzo will discuss misleading interpretations and puzzling paradoxes which can result from statements of statistical significance, present some of the latest thinking about teasing out certainty and evidence in data, and discuss the most interesting philosophical and practical trends to look for on the horizon.
Bio:
• Dr. Regina Nuzzo (http://www.gallaudet.edu/faculty-staff/psychology/nuzzo_regina.html) is a freelance science journalist and professor at Gallaudet University. She received her Ph.D. in statistics at Stanford University, post-doctoral training at the Music Cognition Lab of McGill University, and graduate science journalism training at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her writings about data, probability, and statistics have been published in Nature, Science News, Biomedical Computation Review, and Scientific American. Her Nature feature article (http://www.nature.com/news/scientific-method-statistical-errors-1.14700) about the p-value recently won the American Statistical Association’s 2014 Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award. Follow her on Twitter as @ReginaNuzzo (https://twitter.com/ReginaNuzzo).