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It's BS because the people asking for the data do not have the sophistication to actually do a reasonable _analysis_ of the data. Or criticize an existing analy
by fn-mote 4y ago
It's BS because the people asking for the data do not have the sophistication to actually do a reasonable _analysis_ of the data. Or criticize an existing analysis.
Unfortunately, as many posters here are pointing out, there's plenty of ways to do a correct-looking analysis of the data to get evidence to support your agenda.
Maybe your agenda is right and maybe it's not, but I'd love to hear a story of someone standing up and saying "your consultant submitted a report with glaring flaws, they should not be paid and you should reconsider X." It's more likely the little company just goes out of business or the big company buries the failure.
- ifyoubuildit 4y agoSo whats the alternative? "Just trust me"?
- yunwal 4y agoThe alternative is to trust in most circumstances (you did hire me after all), and do thorough analysis once in a while as a gut check.
- ifyoubuildit 4y agoAnd how do you do that thorough analysis without asking to see the data?
- yunwal 4y agoThe person above wasn’t complaining about data science as a whole, they were complaining about data science theater. The scenario where as long as you put some numbers in your bosses face, they could care less what the real implications are. In cases where you’re doing thorough analysis, you should look for the data yourself, rather than ask someone to market it to you