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The Cult of Statistical Significance
How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives

Stephen T. Ziliak and Deirdre N. McCloskey



How the most important statistical method used in many of the sciences doesn't pass the test for basic common sense

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• Table of Contents (145 K)
• Preface (117 K)
• Acknowledgments (139 K)
• Front Matter (256 K)
• Chapter 1: Dieting "Significance" and the Case of Vioxx (259 K)

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