Sorry, that's rubbish. It's the "advanced" statistical techniques that help you discover and control for these problems. Sure, a lot of people apply them inco

Sorry, that's rubbish. It's the "advanced" statistical techniques that help you discover and control for these problems. Sure, a lot of people apply them incorrectly and without really thinking about what they're doing and what their results mean (Sod's law: 99% of everything is crap), but that doesn't invalidate their use.