Shocking "take-aways": 1) Academicians are often incompetent and too narrowly focused. 2) Studies are often poorly designed and gather a lot of inconsequential data. 3) Always remember and apply the genius statement of Samuel Langhorne Clemens regarding statistics.
Shocking "take-aways": 1) Academicians are often incompetent and too narrowly focused. 2) Studies are often poorly designed and gather a lot of inconsequential data. 3) Always remember and apply the genius statement of Samuel Langhorne Clemens regarding statistics.
Statistics are a great tool if the data is carefully gathered and analyzed. Unfortunately this is often not the case. Kind of analogous to: "those that can, do; those that can't, teach" : "those that know explain , those that do not know, publish statistics" When dealing with statistics, the first thing to analyze is the statisticians.
Shocking "take-aways": 1) Academicians are often incompetent and too narrowly focused. 2) Studies are often poorly designed and gather a lot of inconsequential data. 3) Always remember and apply the genius statement of Samuel Langhorne Clemens regarding statistics.
True! Though the anti-stats quotes can get a bit nihilistic. We need to start somewhere to figure things out.
Statistics are a great tool if the data is carefully gathered and analyzed. Unfortunately this is often not the case. Kind of analogous to: "those that can, do; those that can't, teach" : "those that know explain , those that do not know, publish statistics" When dealing with statistics, the first thing to analyze is the statisticians.