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Analogies and differences between the logic behind statistical hypothesis testing and proofs by contradiction: What can we learn from them?

open access: yesTeaching Statistics, EarlyView.
Abstract Statistical hypothesis testing (SHT) is widely employed across numerous scientific disciplines, and a clear understanding of its underlying logic is essential for the broader scientific community. Here, drawing upon both epistemological and statistical perspectives, we aim to clarify—primarily for educational purposes—the logical relationship ...
Maria Cristina Amoretti   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Teaching Mishaps With Mistakes: A Peer‐Led Seminar Using Student Case Studies to Enhance Retention

open access: yesTeaching Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Traditional teaching often emphasizes correct methods, limiting opportunities to explore analytical errors and biases. We introduce a seminar framework that integrates peer‐to‐peer teaching with intentional exposure to statistical and machine learning mishaps through flawed, student‐designed case studies.
Elizabeth Y. Yuu, Bernhard Y. Renard
wiley   +1 more source

Saving Bambi from the mower? Using a drone with thermal camera to evaluate a low‐tech scaring technique to reduce roe deer fawn mortality during grass harvest

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Roe deer is a species that hides their neonates as an anti‐predator strategy. This may prove efficient against mammalian predators, such as the red fox; however, it might be an ecological trap as large numbers of fawns are killed by tractors with harvesters each year during grass harvest.
Thomas Vogler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Paradox of Moralistic Fallacy: A Case against the Dangerous Knowledge

open access: yesTeorie vědy, 2019
In this article, the concept of moralistic fallacy introduced by B. D. Davis is elaborated on in more detail. The main features of this fallacy are discussed, and its general form is presented. The moralistic fallacy might have some undesirable outcomes.
Tomáš Ondráček
doaj   +1 more source

Population Ageing: Implications for Economic Growth and Fiscal Sustainability

open access: yesAustralian Economic Papers, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Population ageing poses significant challenges to economic growth and fiscal sustainability in advanced economies. This study examines how fiscal sustainability and labour force participation moderate the impact of ageing on gross domestic product (GDP) growth across 37 Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development member countries ...
Susantha Dissanayake   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Including Harvested Grain Biogenic CO2 to Address a Critical Flaw in Climate Accounting

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The international climate accounting system excludes both the biogenic CO2 sequestered in harvested crops and the biogenic CO2 emissions that occur when grain is digested or burned as biofuel. Despite being described in the literature as a critical flaw in climate accounting all parties within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Richard S. Gray
wiley   +1 more source

A Misuse of Bayes's Theorem

open access: yesInformal Logic, 1999
In this paper I identify a fallacy. The fallacy is worth noting for practical and theoretical reasons. First, the rampant occurrences ofthis fallacy-especially at moments calling for careful thought-indicate that it is more pernicious to clear thinking ...
Michael Levin
doaj   +1 more source

Citizens are more willing to co‐produce when participants represent community demographics

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite co‐production's potential to address democratic deficits, the role of representation in co‐production and its impact on public perceptions remain largely under‐analysed empirically. Employing a vignette survey design, this study tests how representation in co‐production affects citizens’ intentions to get involved.
Wonhyuk Cho   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Without Qualification: An Inquiry Into the Secundum Quid

open access: yesStudies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 2014
In this paper I will consider several interpretations of the fallacy of secundum quid as it is given by Aristotle in the Sophistical Refutations and argue that they do not work, one reason for which is that they all imply that the fallacy depends on ...
Botting David
doaj   +1 more source

The State Itself as a Vulnerable Subject? Existential Resilience under International Law

open access: yesThe Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
This paper proposes a new framework for analysis of the law governing State continuity, with particular reference to Small Island Developing States (SIDS) threatened with legal extinction as a result of rising sea‐levels. Prevailing wisdom suggests that if States were to lose their inhabitable land or permanently resident populations, their status ...
Alex Green (文浩航)
wiley   +1 more source

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