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Wow, I didn't realize so much progress had been made in behavioral genetics in the last decade. Some of these findings are pretty mind-blowing. The article me
by Xcelerate 9y ago
Wow, I didn't realize so much progress had been made in behavioral genetics in the last decade. Some of these findings are pretty mind-blowing.
The article mentions multivariate regression quite frequently—does anyone know if more recent machine learning techniques have made their way into the field?
- groceryheist 9y ago| does anyone know if more recent machine learning techniques have made their way into the field? Oh god I hope not.
- couctto 9y agoMachine learning is for identifying pictures of cats. Regression is for testing the statistical significance of the estimated effects of your variables. Right tool for the right job.
- jonathanyc 9y agoThe paper is written by behavioral geneticists and thus merits some skepticism. As another commenter notes, many of their “top 10 findings” are basically statements about statistics.