> This guy wasted a lot of time trying to guess what they had done. According to the article, many people wasted a lot of time attempting to recreate their res

> This guy wasted a lot of time trying to guess what they had done. According to the article, many people wasted a lot of time attempting to recreate their results. Further, the paper is highly-cited and it probably shaped, directly or indirectly, opinions, further research directions, and possibly even policy. We are focusing on the Excel error, which was likely a mistake. I'm really struggling though to justify their choice of weighting/averaging. It's confounding that two highly regarded and experienced academics would choose something so particularly bad. It absolutely should have been noted in the text.