Sôritês paradoxon: Contextualism & borderline vagueness
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Advaita Vedānta, the art and science of yoga, introspection, and the hard problem of consciousness
The great ancient knowledge system of India known as Vedānta has several schools of thought and forms the rational philosophical system which is the foundation of Hinduism. It is based on various Upanishads178, the Brahma Sūtras, and the Bhagavad Gītā. …
The Möbius Band: A peculiar geometrical figure
Visit: http://moebius-band.ga
Code for generating an interactive Möbius band in R (using OpenGL)
library(rgl) # (Murdoch, 2001) library(plot3D) # (Soetaert, 2014) # Define parameters R <- 3 u <- seq(0, 2 * pi, length.out = 100) v <- seq(-1, 1,…
Valid logical inferences, scientific integrity, ethics, and authenticity in the neoliberal academic climate
The correct adjustment of α-levels is a logical prerequisite for valid inferences and conclusions (that is, in the NHST framework). However, if stringent (appropriate) α-control techniques would be applied, many experiments would not reach statistical significance at the conventional α …
Preregistration of studies: A methodological stratagem to counter academic fraud
Preregistration is the practice of publishing the methodology of experiments before they begin. This strategy reduces problems stemming from publication bias and selective reporting of results. See for example:
- https://aspredicted.org/
- https://cos.io/prereg/
- https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/replication
A exemplary list of currently preregistered studies can …
Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
Fechnerian Psychophysics
Man lives on earth not once, but three times: the first stage of his life is his continual sleep; the second, sleeping and waking by turns; the third, waking forever.
is the founding father of modern . …
NHST: Type 1 error (α) inflation
Definition of Type I error:
Probability of rejecting null hypothesis when it is TRUE.
Definition of Type II error:
Probability of not rejecting null hypothesis when it is False.
Imagine tests on 1000 hypotheses 100 of which are …
NHST: P-hacking
Source URL: https://shinyapps.org/apps/p-hacker/
Source URL: https://shinyapps.org/apps/metaExplorer/#tab-2218-2
Source URL: https://www.shinyapps.org/apps/vs-mpr/