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New readers of John Cook may not know this: his posts are pedagogical, often are illustrating the gist of the idea or message, not including all the details or
by KolenCh 2y ago
New readers of John Cook may not know this: his posts are pedagogical, often are illustrating the gist of the idea or message, not including all the details or the optimal analysis. This post mentioned the motivation too.
Also, he is a consultant, and this blog generates interests of that. He often works in clients’ data and perform EDA and provides solutions, such as statistical reasoning or methods. Ie while he write codes, it’s often not for production. He points people in the right direction so to speak.
- SideQuark 2y agoExcept this is not pointing in the right direction. It's demonstrably wrong. He then criticizes the author of the table, calling that person wrong. If I were hiring a consultant claiming math analysis skills and they posted such a fundamental mistake, I'd honestly move on to someone else. I've read Cook's post a long time, and he doesn't often make such logic errors. I suspect he'll retract his claims once he realizes his errors.