Lessons learned:
- t-test is not necessarily more powerful than a sign test
- a t-test can "throw away" information
- dichotomizing data is often good and exchanges one type of information (qualitative) for loss of quantitative information
Biostatistics, clinical trial design, critical thinking about drugs and healthcare, skepticism, the scientific process.
Lessons learned:
- t-test is not necessarily more powerful than a sign test
- a t-test can "throw away" information
- dichotomizing data is often good and exchanges one type of information (qualitative) for loss of quantitative information