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This appeal to authority probably won't be very effective in convincing thr root commenter about the validity of the study. None of the quotes addres the concer
by joey_bob 7y ago
This appeal to authority probably won't be very effective in convincing thr root commenter about the validity of the study. None of the quotes addres the concerns about counting methods, and the experts cited are more likely to be seen as experts in biology than statistics, inference, and logic.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoIf the experts do this sort of work often they'll be proficient in the application of statistics. We don't distrust engineers because they aren't the people who came up with the physics they are applying.
- joey_bob 7y agoThat's a valid assumption to start with, sure. If the results are called into questions on the basis of statistics, their field of work is no longer a convincing argument. When someone calls into question your design choice, you don't say "trust me an engineer" unless you're joking.