Books by Geoff Cumming

Geoff Cumming, Robert Calin-Jageman, 2024

The second edition of my second book. Even beginning students grasp the basics of Open Science and the statistical approach it needs—estimation and meta-analysis, aka ‘the new statistics’. They are a joy to teach, especially compared with statistical significance testing, the traditional approach. This edition introduces the wonderful esci software, open-source and very easy to use. esci is ideal for this book and also for more advanced courses, and by researchers. More at https://thenewstatistics.com

Geoff Cumming, 2013

I ‘retired’ from La Trobe University to write this, my first book. In it I explain the severe limitations of traditional statistical significance testing and why estimation—effects sizes and confidence intervals—is so much better. The book assumes very little and is intended for students at every level and for researchers. Estimation extends to meta-analysis, which combines results from a number of related studies. I use the term ‘the new statistics’ for estimation and meta-analysis—which are not new, but their use as the main approach to data analysis would for many disciplines be new, and a great step forward. There are three chapters on meta-analysis that back then was little known by students and many researchers. The book has helped push along the shift in emphasis from significance testing to better methods. More at https://thenewstatistics.com