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Not sure why a study would be flagged. I thought we are pro science here.
by dukeofdoom 5y ago
Not sure why a study would be flagged. I thought we are pro science here.
- syki 5y agoThe study in question is a preprint and by a political scientist. That doesn’t make the conclusions wrong but does raise doubts as to its veracity. It’s rare for someone in one field to have insights into another, unrelated field that turn out to be correct. When the study is published and analyzed by experts is the time to consider this study. Right now it’s too premature to do so.
- jasone 5y agoThe article is blatantly toxic in tone, which is an obvious red flag. As to the science, causality is much harder to ascertain than is correlation. In this case it appears to me that the foundational assumptions required by the CausalImpact R package are violated, thus making the conclusions invalid. I wouldn't even blink at a claim of correlation, but causation? This paper doesn't deliver on its claim.