07-15, 15:30–16:30 (Europe/Berlin), Raum 1.7
Statistics is a core part of modern-day scientific research, helping us to draw reliable conclusions from raw data. However, due to the ever increasing competitiveness in science, there's a strong pressure to publish more and more impressive results every day. Join us on our journey through the lands of questionable research practices and learn how to torture your raw data, until it finally confesses your personal version of truth. (Alternatively, visit this talk if you want to learn some tricks for spotting misuse of statistics in published research.)
Mathematical biologist, who escaped the Ivory Tower after getting a PhD and now works in industry. Enjoys mathematical modelling, data science, functional programming, and lots of other obscure things.