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Use the Statistical Methods tag for posts about the mathematics and logic of statistical calculation. 

This tag isn't meant for posts that estimate the impact of specific charities/interventions, but instead for posts about "doing statistics" in general.

Posts tagged Statistical Methods
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161List of ways in which cost-effectiveness estimates can be misleading
saulius
1y
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157Reality is often underpowered
Gregory_Lewis
10mo
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91Biases in our estimates of Scale, Neglectedness and Solvability?
MichaelStJules
6mo
12
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85Shapley values: Better than counterfactuals
NunoSempere
10mo
30
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75[Link] The Optimizer's Curse & Wrong-Way Reductions
Chris Smith
1y
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66Uncertainty and sensitivity analyses of GiveWell's cost-effectiveness analyses
cole_haus
1y
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43What are some low-information priors that you find practically useful for thinking about the world?Q
Linch
3d
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33[Stats4EA] Expectations are not Outcomes
matthewp
3mo
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24Five Ways to Handle Flow-Through Effects
Peter_Hurford
4y
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14Expected value estimates you can take (somewhat) literally
Gregory_Lewis
6y
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1On the robustness of cost-effectiveness estimates
William_MacAskill
7y
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10Sample size and clustering advice neededQ
brb243
11d
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