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Record W2887351930 · doi:10.1002/gepi.22151

The evidential statistical paradigm in genetics

2018· review· en· W2887351930 on OpenAlexafffund
Lisa J. Strug

Bibliographic record

VenueGenetic Epidemiology · 2018
Typereview
Languageen
FieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
TopicGene expression and cancer classification
Canadian institutionsSickKids FoundationHospital for Sick ChildrenUniversity of Toronto
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaCanadian Institutes of Health ResearchUniversity of TorontoCystic Fibrosis CanadaCystic Fibrosis Foundation
KeywordsFrequentist inferenceStatistical geneticsStatistical hypothesis testingBayesian probabilityStatistical powerApproximate Bayesian computationSample size determinationCovariateStatistical modelEconometricsStatement (logic)Data scienceStatisticsComputer scienceBayesian inferenceBiologyGeneticsMachine learningArtificial intelligenceEpistemologyMathematicsInferenceGenomics

Abstract

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Concerns over reproducibility in research has reinvigorated the discourse on P-values as measures of statistical evidence. In a position statement by the American Statistical Association board of directors, they warn of P-value misuse and refer to the availability of alternatives. Despite the common practice of comparing P-values across different hypothesis tests in genetics, it is well-appreciated that P-values must be interpreted alongside the sample size and experimental design used for their computation. Here, we discuss the evidential statistical paradigm (EP), an alternative to Bayesian and Frequentist paradigms, that has been implemented in human genetics studies. Using applications in Cystic Fibrosis genetic association analyses, and describing recent theoretical developments, we review how to measure statistical evidence using the EP in the presence of covariates, model misspecification, and for composite hypotheses. Novel graphical displays are presented, and software for their computation is highlighted. The implications of multiple hypothesis testing for the EP are delineated in the analyses, demonstrating a view more consistent with scientific reasoning; the EP provides a theoretical justification for replication that is a requirement in genetic association studies. As genetic studies grow in size and complexity, a fresh look at measures of statistical evidence that are sensible amid the analysis of big data are required.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.022
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.037
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Theoretical or conceptual · Consensus signal: Theoretical or conceptual
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: Review
Teacher disagreement score0.022
Threshold uncertainty score0.116

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0220.037
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0020.002
Bibliometrics0.0050.005
Science and technology studies0.0010.031
Scholarly communication0.0060.008
Open science0.0030.003
Research integrity0.0060.011
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0040.002

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.107
GPT teacher head0.427
Teacher spread0.319 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designTheoretical or conceptual
Domainnot available
GenreReview

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2018
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