You're faced with statistical limitations. How do you ensure credibility and transparency in your findings?
Faced with data dilemmas? Share how you navigate the maze of statistical limitations to uphold the integrity of your work.
You're faced with statistical limitations. How do you ensure credibility and transparency in your findings?
Faced with data dilemmas? Share how you navigate the maze of statistical limitations to uphold the integrity of your work.
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I will first use only tests and statistical methods that I am confidant of and that I can defend. Second, if I am that unsure I will post on expert statistics and programming groups like Stack Overflow or write to authors who have used a more robust method. Third, I will ensure credibility of the work overall by making my data and code public on Github.
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Amadeu Fonseca - Economista
Economista na Secretaria de Finanças (Prefeitura de João Pessoa)
(edited)Esse tema revela uma das grandes barreiras para quem trabalha com dados. No entanto, apesar da escassez é importante o pesquisar lidar com esses desafios e buscar caminhos alternativos que possam gerar resultados satisfatórios, mesmo com essas nuances.
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Cuando enfrento limitaciones estadísticas, me aseguro de documentar claramente todas las suposiciones y limitaciones del análisis, lo que refuerza la transparencia. Expongo las restricciones en el tamaño de muestra, calidad de datos o posibles sesgos, para que las partes interesadas comprendan los alcances del estudio. Además, utilizo métodos estadísticos robustos y técnicas de validación cruzada para mejorar la fiabilidad a pesar de las limitaciones. Finalmente, comunico los hallazgos de forma accesible y honesta, destacando cómo estas limitaciones pueden influir en los resultados y qué áreas podrían beneficiarse de datos adicionales o enfoques futuros.
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Clearly adopting a Bayesian perspective on the problem. For example if your sample is small you can even estimate the full parametric distribution of a model, with the probability of all the hypotheses, the parameters, quantified.
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