The fallacy of placing confidence in confidence intervals

Today we’ve discussed the following paper about the reliability of confidence intervals: The fallacy of placing confidence in confidence intervals Richard D. Morey, Rink Hoekstra, Jeffrey N. Rouder, Michael D. Lee & Eric-Jan Wagenmakers Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. Volume 23, pages 103–123 (2016). Theoretical Review. Open Access. Published: 08 October 2015 Morey and colleagues define interval estimates and confidence intervals as follows:…

Is it possible to modulate the behaviour of online discussion threads?

In the digital era that we live in, online discussion has become more and more present in our daily lives and especially on the social media platforms that we frequently use. Whenever we post an image on Instagram or write a twit on Twitter, we start a potential discussion thread. How come is that? When…