Thomas Lumley • 2/20/2022

Nine and sixty ways

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The article critiques the standard asymptotic approach in statistics, arguing that the choice of how to construct an infinite sequence (e.g., fixing effect size vs. fixing power) is not about correctness but about creating a useful mathematical abstraction that preserves key real-world constraints, such as limited sample sizes in clinical trials or the high-dimensional nature of big data problems.

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