von Brömssen, Claudia and Röös, Elin
(2020).
Why statistical testing and confidence intervals should not be used in comparative life cycle assessments based on Monte Carlo simulations.
The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 25
, 2101-2105
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Abstract
In the last years, it has been suggested to use statistical inferential methods, such as hypothesis testing or confidence intervals, to compare different products, services, or systems within comparative life cycle assessments based on Monte Carlo simulation results. However, the use of statistical inferential methods in such settings is fundamentally incorrect and should not be continued. In this article, we explain why and look closer at some related topics.
Authors/Creators: | von Brömssen, Claudia and Röös, Elin | ||||||
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Title: | Why statistical testing and confidence intervals should not be used in comparative life cycle assessments based on Monte Carlo simulations | ||||||
Year of publishing : | 2020 | ||||||
Volume: | 25 | ||||||
Page range: | 2101-2105 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 5 | ||||||
Publisher: | SPRINGER HEIDELBERG | ||||||
ISSN: | 0948-3349 | ||||||
Language: | English | ||||||
Publication Type: | Journal article | ||||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
Version: | Published version | ||||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 101 Mathematics > 10106 Probability Theory and Statistics | ||||||
Keywords: | Statistical hypothesis testing, Inferential statistics, Monte Carlo simulations, Uncertainty, Paired simulations | ||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-108256 | ||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-108256 | ||||||
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ID Code: | 19792 | ||||||
Faculty: | NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap | ||||||
Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Energy and Technology | ||||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
Deposited On: | 29 Dec 2020 21:04 | ||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2021 19:47 |
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