p-values: A Legacy of “Scientific Racism”

Legacies of Statistics & AI

A deeper look at the untold history of p-values and its legacy

Disclaimer: I’ll be putting quotes around certain words, like race, racial measurements”, etc. because not only are these terms loaded with historical discrimination, but “race” is un-scientific. A “race” of people is an un-scientific term. Also, the reader should have a bit of familiarity with p-values, hypothesis testing, and Bayes’ theorem.

It’s easy to think of science …

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