Specification Curve: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics on All Reasonable Specifications
Abstract
Empirical results often hinge on data analytic decisions that are simultaneously defensible, arbitrary, and motivated. To mitigate this problem we introduce Specification-Curve Analysis, which consists of three steps: (i) identifying the set of theoretically justified, statistically valid, and non-redundant analytic specifications, (ii) displaying alternative results graphically, allowing the identification of decisions producing different...
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Specification Curve: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics on All Reasonable Specifications
Published Date
Jan 1, 2015
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