Quiz #2 (Wednesday, April 26, 2023)

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Blog Posts and Articles to Read to Prepare for the Quiz

• “Desiderata,” by Max Ehrmann (Optional: Wikipedia article on “Desiderata”)

• “Because Genes of a Child are Random Given the Genes of the Parents, It is a Lot Easier to Tell If Genes Cause Diabetes than to Tell If Crime Causes Diabetes”

• “Measuring the Essence of the Good Life,” by Dan Benjamin, Kristen Cooper, Ori Heffetz and Miles Kimball

• “Challenges in Constructing a Survey-Based Well-Being Index,” by Dan Benjamin, Kristen Cooper, Ori Heffetz and Miles Kimball

• “Let's Set Half a Percent as the Standard for Statistical Significance,” by Miles Kimball

• “What Do You Think Would Make You Happier? What Do You Think You Would Choose?” by Dan Benjamin, Ori Heffetz, Miles Kimball and Alex Rees-Jones

• “Judging the Nations: Wealth and Happiness Are Not Enough,” by Miles Kimball

• “There's One Key Difference Between Kids Who Excel at Math and Those Who Don't,” by Miles Kimball and Noah Smith

Statistical Interpretation Principles to be Tested on the Quiz

• Whether the direction of bias is 0, +, - or ? given an arrow diagram with +’s and -’s on the arrows

• Multicollinearity in practice

• 5 Big Mistakes People Make in Statistical Interpretation

• Note: Using the false discovery rate (FDR) approach to deal with multiple hypothesis testing will not be tested on this quiz, but you will be expected to use it where appropriate in your term paper. Note that “Who Leaves Mormonism?” and “A Well-Being Snapshot in a Changing World” use the false discovery rate approach.