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Statistics might be seen as the process of rooting out errors and falsehoods. To come into contact with them is the goal (to eliminate them). :)
by RA_Fisher 8y ago
Statistics might be seen as the process of rooting out errors and falsehoods. To come into contact with them is the goal (to eliminate them). :)
- dcl 8y agoIndeed. It's the good statisticians that use good statistical methodology and theory to identify out errors and falsehoods. Honest mistakes occur because what looks like a simple problem cannot always be analysed very easily (or in an obvious way). Abuse occurs because it's quite easy to fool others that an analysis is sound - most people aren't sophisticated enough to identify problems, even if they are given the data!