Strong, incompatible views are common in biomedicine but are largely invisible to biomedical experts themselves, creating artificial barriers to effective modeling of complex biological phenomena.
Abstract: Assumptions play a pivotal role in the selection and efficacy of statistical models, as unmet assumptions can lead to flawed conclusions and impact decision-making. In both traditional ...
Recent clinical trials in oncology have used increasingly complex methodologies, such as causal inference methods for intercurrent events, external control, and covariate adjustment, posing challenges ...
Source: Flickr: Cracking Under Stress by Bernard Goldbach, CC by 2.0 In this series of posts, I will be discussing false assumptions that are rampant in the personality disorders research literature ...
Experimental paradigms designed to assess "implicit" representations are currently very popular in many areas of psychology. The present article addresses the validity of three widespread assumptions ...
Researchers have discovered that some of the most fundamental assumptions about how water moves through soil in a seasonally dry climate such as the Pacific Northwest are incorrect -- and that a ...
Gone are the days when ADHD was thought to magically disappear after childhood. Recent studies have demonstrated that ADHD persists into adulthood for a significant portion of those diagnosed in ...
Source: Flickr: Cracking Under Stress by Bernard Goldbach, CC by 2.0 In this series of posts, I will be discussing false assumptions that are rampant in the personality disorders research literature ...