https://maikthalmann.com/blog.html A blog on experimental linguistics with a focus on statistical methods en quarto-1.9.37 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 23:00:00 GMT Maik Thalmann https://maikthalmann.com/posts/2026-03-29_likelihood-principle/ -values have to do with it. ]]> https://maikthalmann.com/posts/2026-03-29_likelihood-principle/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 23:00:00 GMT Maik Thalmann https://maikthalmann.com/posts/2026-02-24_hypothesis-plots/hypothesis-plots.html for some mean difference, and not on any specific alternative hypothesis, even though we generally could not care less about the null hypothesis (because we know it to be false). We accept an alternative hypothesis simply when . But since in practice we know that the null hypothesis is false from the get go, rejecting that competitor is trivial and uninformative: every effect is different from zero, at least to some minuscule degree. Thus, rejecting the null is simply a question of sample size: at some point, your p-value will clear your threshold. Accepting a non-null hypothesis is thus just a matter of time and money under this approach. ]]> https://maikthalmann.com/posts/2026-02-24_hypothesis-plots/hypothesis-plots.html Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:00:00 GMT Maik Thalmann https://maikthalmann.com/posts/2026-01-31_biased-estimators-2-too-many-participants/ https://maikthalmann.com/posts/2026-01-31_biased-estimators-2-too-many-participants/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 23:00:00 GMT Maik Thalmann https://maikthalmann.com/posts/2025-12-20_biased-estimators/ 1 we should be very aware of the detrimental effects of low-n studies. ]]> https://maikthalmann.com/posts/2025-12-20_biased-estimators/ Fri, 19 Dec 2025 23:00:00 GMT