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Read more: https://open.substack.com/pub/theofficialacm/p/what-every-experimenter-must-know?r=6w5qsy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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#statstab #529 Understanding and misunderstanding randomized controlled trials

Thoughts: Randomization is close to magic, but we still must be critical of our methods.

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.12.005

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#statstab #511 Seven Myths of Randomisation
in Clinical Trials

Thoughts: Randomization is a very powerful tool for inference. Closest we have to magic in research. But it's also misunderstood.

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https://www.methodologyhubs.mrc.ac.uk/files/9214/3711/9501/Plenary-_Stephen_Senn.pdf

#statstab #458 There is still only one test

Thoughts: Downey make a good point that all/any testing ensemble does essentially the same thing.

#randomization #testing #nhst #pvalue

https://allendowney.blogspot.com/2016/06/there-is-still-only-one-test.html

The Fisher-Yates shuffle is backward

https://possiblywrong.wordpress.com/2020/12/10/the-fisher-yates-shuffle-is-backward/

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