#statstab #477 Don’t calculate post-hoc power using observed estimate of effect size

Thoughts: Good discussion and many useful references. Even big journals print stupid stuff.

#posthoc #power #sensitivity #samplesize #consort #medicine #bias

https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2018/09/24/dont-calculate-post-hoc-power-using-observed-estimate-effect-size/

Un avviso. Sto notando che il fermento attorno agli #epsteinfiles sta diventando preoccupante, e che molti stanno usando i files per rafforzare il proprio #bias di conferma riguardo le proprie idee pregresse. Questa cosa non genera necessariamente #disinformazione ma è un processo vulnerabile e che può generarla. Inoltre se tutti iniziano a farlo in contemporanea, rischiamo una #shitstorm globale che fa solo danni.

PressGazette: AI answers cite ‘narrow range’ of top newsbrands led by BBC and Guardian. “AI answers from OpenAI, Google and Perplexity draw on a ‘narrow range’ of the biggest publishers when responding to news queries, according to new research from UK thinktank IPPR. Looking at Google Gemini, Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity, the research found that on average 34% of […]

My latest post about bias in the generation of images using Adobe Express. www.headinthecloud.wales/2026/02/subt... #AI #generativeAI #hwb #adobeexpress #bias #AIbias #education #UKedu #primaryschool

Subtle Image Generation Bias i...

the framing of this article is absolutely infuriating --- not at all objective journalism.

A tiny coastal community

and

battling an international wind energy giant

so, right up front, establishes a narrative of a david vs goliath fight to the death, with nimby luddite climate-deniers cast as the poor little good bloke, being assailed & attacked by a nasty oppressive bully who wants to... provide more green renewable energy for us.

why does abc keep doing this shit?

#abc #bias #neutrality #auspol #RenewableEnergy #falsenarratives
RE: social.chinwag.org/users/abc_b…

RE: https://toot.community/@5teverin0/115996818415083135

"Political journalism has developed a set of practices that make surprise the default response to predictable events. Treat every denial as meaningful. Frame every warning from advocacy groups as partisan overreach. Insist on a both-sides structure even when one side is lying. Worry more about being called biased than about being accurate. Do all of this, consistently, for years, and you will be surprised when the things people warned you about come to pass..."

#media #news #press #bias

RE: https://10base2.dev/@monkeyninja/115995542285992918

#AI programmed #bias on certain topics.
👇🏽:
the history of #anon chasing #childsextraffickers 10 years ago, because yes, we can thank this movement for helping uncover what would become the #EpsteinFiles.

The halo/horn effect is when one moment/situation can become a positive or negative impression, leading to either favoritism or rejection. It is important to recognize this bias and not allow it to affect decision-making. #halo #horn #impression #effect #bias

A quotation from Adlai Stevenson

There are men among us who use “patriotism” as a club for attacking other Americans. What can we say for the self-styled patriot who thinks that a Negro, a Jew, a Catholic, or a Japanese-American is less an American than he? That betrays the deepest article of our faith, the belief in individual liberty and equality which has always been the heart and soul of the American idea.

Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965) American diplomat, statesman
Speech (1952-08-27), “The Nature of Patriotism,” American Legion Convention, Madison Square Garden, New York City

More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-adlai-ewin…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #adlaistevenson #AmericanDream #Americanism #antisemitism #bias #epluribusunum #equality #liberty #nationalism #patriotism #prejudice #racism

The Deranged "Fan" Who Stabbed His Bias 61 Times — Case Finally Settled After Nearly 10 Years #Bias #Case #Deranged #fan #Finally #Settled #Stabbed #Times #Years
https://kpopnewshub.com/the-deranged-fan-who-stabbed-his-bias-61-times-case-finally-settled-after-nearly-10-years/?fsp_sid=8864

#SGU #TheSkepticsGuideToTheUniverse
The Skeptics Guide #1073 - Jan 31 2026

News Items: #Artemis Getting Ready for #Launch, New #Extinct Branch of #Life, Why We Need #Wikipedia, Ideological #Bias in #Research, Expanding the #Habitable Zone; Who's That #Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: #Kesterite Solar Panels; From #TikTok: Coincidence?; #Science or Fiction

Webseite der Episode: https://www.theskepticsguide.org/podcast/sgu

Mediendatei: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/skepticsguide/skepticast2026-01-31.mp3

@ReggieHere
Interestingly, the one detail about method was that the answers were freeform. Of course this means that people wrote whatever was uppermost in mind -which is going to be hugely influenced by recency and frequency especially in media. So a temperature taking of a self-referential system which only really tells us what media messages are most prominent at any given time.
Of course a better methodology would be to do what you imply: ask specific questions.
#YouGov #survey #bias

"The world's three major religions…"

Um? I think Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists might beg to differ. Unless that's whom you meant?

Also, how is Judaism a "major" religion? There are individual cities with more people than we have worldwide.

#Bias #Bigotry

Anche se l'argomento videogiochi magari non vi interessa, vi consiglio di dare una occhiata alla risposta dell'autore alla discussione originata da un suo articolo sul Post, per cui é stato "maltrattato" sulla via del "su internet si fa così":

https://open.substack.com/pub/bariliesplosivi/p/se-vogliamo-che-i-videogiochi-siano?r=2r99bd

Perché a me piace vedere gente come lui, che da una parte si mette in discussione, dall'altra evidenzia come internet sia troppo spesso catalizzatore di cattive abitudini.

#videogiochi #gatekeeping #bias #internet

A really often occuring misconception is that oneselfs own stupid decision regarding digital privacy would not affect anyone else but them.

#communication #internet #bias

Wikipedia celebrated its 25th birthday this month. Given the centrality of Wikipedia to so much activity online, it is hard to remember (or to imagine, for those who are younger) a time without Wikipedia. The latest statistics are impressive:

Wikipedia is viewed nearly 15 billion times every month.

Wikipedia contains over 65 million articles across more than 300 languages.

Wikipedia is […]

"In 2009, when researchers polled 1,350 Americans about the video at the center of Scott v. Harris, most agreed with the Supreme Court’s majority view. But the researchers identified “sharp differences of opinion” along cultural and ideological lines, including race, income and a person’s views on societal hierarchy."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-science-of-why-video-evidence-can-mess-with-our-brain/

#video #science #neuroscience #psychology #bias

Perspective, shakiness, playback speed, selective attention, accompanying narrative, false memory, culture, and ideology all affect how people interpret video evidence, and help to explain why different people have different perceptions of what the video shows.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-science-of-why-video-evidence-can-mess-with-our-brain/

Divergent interpretations of videos from Minneapolis illustrate these effects.

#Science #Psychology #Perception #Bias #Video #USPolitics #USPol

A quotation from Lyman Beecher

They are perfectly aware how little ground there can be to hope that men may be reasoned out of their errours, when in fact they were never reasoned into them, but adopted them from prejudice, passion, or policy.

Lyman Beecher (1775-1863) American minister, preacher, abolitionist
Sermon (1823-10-15), “The Faith Once Delivered to the Saints,” Worcester, Massachusetts

More about this quote: wist.info/beecher-lyman/81616/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lymanbeecher #argument #bias #debate #emotion #error #logic #motivation #passion #policy #politics #prejudice #reason #unreasoning

Ideological bias in the production of research findings

"Does immigration affect public support for social welfare programs? The researchers estimated 1253 alternative regression models, and the estimated impacts ranged from strongly negative to strongly positive. We find that teams composed of pro-immigration researchers estimated more positive impacts of immigration on public support for social programs, while anti-immigration teams estimated more negative impacts."

George J. Borjas, Nate Breznau, Ideological bias in the production of research findings. Sci. Adv.12, eadz7173 (2026). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adz7173

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #SocialScience #Bias #Immigration #Academia