4 ms·
> To sum up: when you have people who have no idea what they're doing do statistics, they will do it badly. Or rather, when you have people who have a good ide
by unabst 11y ago
> To sum up: when you have people who have no idea what they're doing do statistics, they will do it badly.
Or rather, when you have people who have a good idea what they're doing, they will do a good job of getting the results they were looking for. And maybe that is why statistics are so popular in political debates.
- thinkmoore 11y agoIn the realm of science, I think it is far more likely that researchers don't realize why what they're doing isn't a good idea. "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately attributed to stupidity." Not that I think researchers are stupid. It's just very hard and very complicated.