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Life & fun · April 4, 2019

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I made a 'scrollytelling' visual explanation for the Permutation Test

Permutation Test: Visual Explanation

I made a 'scrollytelling' visual explanation for the Permutation Test launched on April 4, 2019 with 27 votes, #866 of 3,128 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 7 years on.

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This interactive visual explanation teaches the permutation test, a statistical method used to measure treatment effects in experiments. It's designed for students and professionals who work with hypothesis testing across fields like medicine, tech, and research. The resource uses scrollytelling—an interactive narrative format—to make the statistical concept accessible without requiring complex mathematical assumptions.

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Statistical tests, also known as hypothesis tests, are used in the design of experiments to measure the effect of some treatment(s) on experimental units. They are employed in a large number of contexts: Oncologists use them to measure the efficacy of new treatment options for cancer. Google uses them to determine which color of blue (e.g. this blue vs this blue ) is most effective for outgoing links. And entomologists use them to study the sex habits of flies * Proof that, yes, statistics is definitely very sexy . Unfortunately, a lot of statistical tests require complex assumptions and convoluted formula. This is especially true of those methods taught in introductory courses, giving the…from jwilber.me

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