Posts Tagged ‘ bootstrapping ’

Confidence Intervals: informal, traditional, bootstrap

March 18, 2013
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Confidence Intervals: informal, traditional, bootstrap

Confidence Intervals Confidence intervals are needed because there is variation in the world. Nearly all natural, human or technological processes result in outputs which vary to a greater or lesser extent. Examples of this are people’s heights, students’ scores in … Continue reading →

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Why resampling is better than hypothesis tests and confidence intervals

September 9, 2012
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Why resampling is better than hypothesis tests and confidence intervals

I love to read George Cobb’s writing. In person I found him a kind and intelligent man, and a generous host. But his writing is laugh-out-loud funny at times, provocative and inspiring. I suspect that he may be the indirect … Continue reading →

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