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There certainly has been widespread misuse (and probably intentional abuse) of statistics, but is it fair to blame the field for that? It's very often an outsi
by leereeves 8y ago
There certainly has been widespread misuse (and probably intentional abuse) of statistics, but is it fair to blame the field for that?
It's very often an outsider misusing statistics, while professional statisticians who point out the mistakes are ignored.
- ska 8y agoI think this is mostly unavoidable whenever your field of study bumps up against politics and money. Economics has the same problem but perhaps worse in some ways, as there is less rigor. I don't know how much of the blame you should assign to the field, in that.