#statstab #530 Fisher vs Stouffer

Thoughts: Combining p-values (say in a meta-analysis) is not a straightforward thing. Here are two methods.

#fisher #stouffer #pvalues #metaanalysis #zscores #evidence #falsepositive
#r #simulation

https://timydaley.github.io/FisherVsStouffer.html

#statstab #521 Non-adjustment for multiple testing in multi-arm trials of distinct treatments: Rationale and justification

Thoughts: Most researchers struggle with multiplicity corrections.

#error #bonferroni #FWER #FDR #falsepositive #nhst #alpha

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7534018/

✏️Time to chill for a bit

These lines are to commemorate my spectacular failure to win the North Street Book Prize with my 2024 collection “After Spruce: Poems in the Manner of Tom Jenks’ ‘Spruce’ During the Time of the Coronavirus Pandemic”.

Originally published Infection House July 2020

#ExperimentalPoetry #poem #poetry #PoetryCollection #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #Australia #UnitedStates #coronavirus #COVID19 #pandemic #DonaldJTrump #ScottMorrison #GladysBerejiklian #SocialDistancing #WetMarket #Wuhan #SneezeGuard #ConvalescentPlasma #Outbreak #PPE #Hotspot #FalsePositive #HotelQuarantine #Pangolin #ImmunityStrategies #ToyotaCorona #ContactTracing #SanitationStation #tears

Large Study Shows Multi-Cancer Test Signals Can Lead to Unnecessary Procedures

Large DETECT-A study shows new multi-cancer blood tests can signal cancer when it's not there, leading to worry and extra medical steps.

#CancerScreening, #BloodTest, #MedicalNews, #DETECTAstudy, #FalsePositive

https://newsletter.tf/false-cancer-signals-from-new-blood-tests-lead-to-unneeded-procedures/

A new study found that multi-cancer blood tests can signal cancer incorrectly up to 10% of the time, leading to more tests for patients.

#CancerScreening, #BloodTest, #MedicalNews, #DETECTAstudy, #FalsePositive

https://newsletter.tf/false-cancer-signals-from-new-blood-tests-lead-to-unneeded-procedures/

A quotation from Eric Hoffer

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 238 (1955)

More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/17639/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #bias, delusion #expectation #falsepositive #focus #pareidolia #preconception #prejudice #vision