1purenoiz t1_jdwiw0c wrote on March 27, 2023 at 6:35 PM

Reply to comment by Doctor_YOOOU in Linguistic analysis of 177,296 Reddit comments sheds light on negative attitudes toward science by HeinieKaboobler

If somebody can't explain statistical power, you can ignore their critique that the sample size is too small. People also do not know the difference between statistically significant and clinically significant.

Doctor_YOOOU t1_jdwjtjk wrote on March 27, 2023 at 6:40 PM

Absolutely, statistical knowledge is definitely an issue. Maybe the challenge is partially educating about statistics so the public has more tools to understand and interpret science

YouAreGenuinelyDumb t1_je1ddn7 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 6:31 PM

Oh man, statistical significance is a hard one to explain to people. I almost feel it should be re-termed.

1purenoiz t1_je1poee wrote on March 28, 2023 at 7:47 PM

Lots of terms in statistics could and should be renamed, according to my linear regression analysis professor who has a statistical distance named after him. Likelihood of effect by chance is close, but wordy.