Re: [Phys-l] "The Truth Wears Off" by Jonah Lehrer in The New Yorker Dec 13, 2010.

[brian whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>]

On 12/24/2010 10:23 PM, Hugh Haskell wrote:
> Brian,
>
> I just downloaded and read this article and found it fascinating.
/snip/
> In spite of the questions I have about the article, I has certainly
> gotten my attention. I plan to bring it to the attention of some
> friends who work in both the medical field and in drug testing to see
> what they think of it.
>
> It would have been nice if he had included some sources to look up,
> but I know that the "New Yorker" doesn't do that sort of stuff.
>
> I would be interested in any comments from other readers of the article.
>
> Hugh

I noticed a commentary on the article from a Columbia person -   (I think)
  a statistician  with links to Sociology and Political Science there.
A glance suggested he was coming from the view that tests
for significance greatly over estimate the power of an effect.
His commentary here...

<http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~cook/movabletype/archives/2010/12/the_truth_wears.html>

...references a piece he wrote for American Scientist magazine here...

http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/research/published/power4r.pdf

Brian W