Elucidating the foundations of statistical inference with 2 x 2 tables.

To many, the foundations of statistical inference are cryptic and irrelevant to routine statistical practice. The analysis of 2 x 2 contingency tables, omnipresent in the scientific literature, is a case in point. Fisher's exact test is routinely used even though it has been fraught with contro...

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Main Authors: Leena Choi, Jeffrey D Blume, William D Dupont
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4388855?pdf=render