U-CARE BrainPub: Bayesian statistics for the uninitiated: Answer questions that you actually care about

As computers have become generally available, the previously inaccessible power of Bayesian statistics has become unlocked. However, a paradigm of null-hypothesis testing has become so ingrained in medical and health sciences that many have a hard time thinking that anything else can exist—and an even harder time accepting that common concerns related to null-hypothesis testing can be overcome (and maybe were not legitimate concerns at all).

In this seminar by Marcus Bendtsen, Senior Associate Professor at Linköping University, we will begin to unravel what a world beyond null-hypothesis testing looks like: where uncertainty is treated as something useful and informative, and dichotomisation of evidence to prove the “existence” of abstract concepts is left to the past.

The seminar will be held in English and is open to anyone interested.

About Marcus Bendtsen

Marcus is Senior Associate Professor at Linköping University in biostatistics in public health and his research focuses on quantitative estimation of the effects of interventions, including for whom the interventions are most beneficial and how they affect society.