No Higher Criticism of the Bianchi-corrected Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe data
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Higher Criticism (HC) has been proposed by Donoho & Jin as an effective statistic to detect deviations from Gaussianity. Motivated by the success of the Bianchi VIIh model in addressing many of the anomalies observed in the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) data (Jaffe et al.), we present calculations in real and in wavelet space of the HC statistic of the Bianchi-corrected WMAP first-year data. At the wavelet scale of 5°, the HC of the WMAP map drops from a value above the 99 per cent confidence level (c.l.) to a value below the 68 per cent CL when corrected by the Bianchi template. An important property of the HC statistic is its ability to locate the pixels that account for the deviation from Gaussianity. The analysis of the uncorrected WMAP data pointed to a cold spot in the Southern hemisphere, centred at l∼ 209°, b∼−57°. The HC of the Bianchi-corrected map indicates that this spot remains prominent, albeit at a level completely consistent with Gaussian statistics. Consequently, it is debatable how much emphasis should be placed on this residual feature, but we consider the effect of modestly increasing the scaling of the template. A factor of only 1.2 renders the spot indistinguishable from the background level, with no noticeable impact on the results published in Jaffe et al. for the low-l anomalies, large-scale power asymmetry or wavelet kurtosis. A trivial interpretation would be that the Bianchi template may require a small enhancement of power on scales corresponding to the wavelet scale of 5°.Criticism making, whether in the name of social criticism, cultural criticism, or Lu Xun's “civilized criticism”, is an important mission for intellectuals. With this, the position of the intellectuals is decided by two factors: the historical accumulation of realistic experience and complication of personal identity. Such a position is fluid, unconfined, homeless and out of place, which is genuinely attached to intellectuals.
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CRITICISM FOR CRITICISM'S SAKE II F. W. BATESON F. W. BATESON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Essays in Criticism, Volume IV, Issue 3, July 1954, Pages 337–339, https://doi.org/10.1093/eic/IV.3.337 Published: 01 July 1954
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