The Washington Post reports that the "lower 48" states of the USA are enjoying spring-like weather. It quotes a meteorologist as saying 1495 record high temperatures have been reached during the month of February (as against 10 record lows); among them:
[Ed Note: it is actually Mangum, OK, not Magnum. The original WaPo article is incorrect.]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 20 2017, @07:30PM
You should have, NHST is bullshit that needs to die in the hottest fire we can find. We're rarely in a position where we don't have an established procedure, we usually have some sort of status quo that we want to evaluate other options to. The relevant question is usually whether or not there's enough evidence to support making a change in a particular direction, rather than whether or not we have sufficient evidence to support the status quo. The status quo virtually always has enough substance to justify it's use, we wouldn't be using it if it were complete BS.
There's a reason why spam filters typically run on bayesian inference rather than NHST.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday February 20 2017, @07:49PM
We're rarely in a position where we don't have an established procedure, we usually have some sort of status quo that we want to evaluate other options to.
I mentioned two such areas: health care and customer data for stores.
There's a reason why spam filters typically run on bayesian inference rather than NHST.
Who was claiming NHST was the only tool out there?