tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2610480190606254161.post427322929074978733..comments2023-02-16T00:12:52.511-08:00Comments on The adolescent risk behavior blog: Dead salmon CAN think! Or an argument for multiple comparison correctionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2610480190606254161.post-70768170351193455852010-01-04T07:57:24.809-08:002010-01-04T07:57:24.809-08:00I hadn't seen that ScienceNews article yet. It...I hadn't seen that ScienceNews article yet. It really annoys me. The Salmon article was an educational joke. You can see the backstory at:<br />http://prefrontal.org/blog/2009/09/the-story-behind-the-atlantic-salmon/<br /><br />It's a fun lesson why you should (and most people doing fMRI do) use multiple comparisons corrections. The ScienceNews doesn't seem to realize this and uses the article as a starting point for every perceived issue the author has with fMRI.Dan H.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2610480190606254161.post-80344637974802292932009-12-29T22:40:20.728-08:002009-12-29T22:40:20.728-08:00Heh heh. One of my friends has a canned rant abou...Heh heh. One of my friends has a canned rant about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_comparisons" rel="nofollow">such issues</a>, especially as they apply to epidemiological studies. (It's a crusade he "inherited" from one of his advisors.)Joshua Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13245880089764802224noreply@blogger.com