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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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165List of ways in which cost-effectiveness estimates can be misleading
saulius
1y
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158Reality is often underpowered
Gregory_Lewis
1y
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93Biases in our estimates of Scale, Neglectedness and Solvability?
MichaelStJules
8mo
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88Shapley values: Better than counterfactuals
NunoSempere
1y
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75[Link] The Optimizer's Curse & Wrong-Way Reductions
Chris Smith
2y
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67Uncertainty and sensitivity analyses of GiveWell's cost-effectiveness analyses
cole_haus
1y
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56What are some low-information priors that you find practically useful for thinking about the world?Q
Linch, Pablo_Stafforini
3mo
Q
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33[Stats4EA] Expectations are not Outcomes
matthewp
5mo
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32A beginner data scientist tries her hand at biosecurity
ElizabethE
8d
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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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24Turning percentages back into people: personalizing quantification
sky
2mo
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17Quantum computing timelines
Jsevillamol
2mo
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15Sample size and clustering advice neededQ
brb243
3mo
Q
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