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Wow, I remember having these reservations about p-values when I took classes in stats but whenever I brought them up a prof. would wave their hands and be dismi
by daodedickinson 11y ago
Wow, I remember having these reservations about p-values when I took classes in stats but whenever I brought them up a prof. would wave their hands and be dismissive. They gave me a degree in political science, but I felt that political science was an oxymoron and it left me with no respect for the field.
- chimeracoder 11y ago> They gave me a degree in political science, but I felt that political science was an oxymoron and it left me with no respect for the field. For what it's worth, Andrew Gelman (quoted in the article) is one of the most pre-eminent Bayesian statisticians alive, and is a professor in both the department of Statistics and Political Science! "Political Science" need not be an oxymoron, even if a lot of self-professed political scientists use rather unscientific methods.