That was a very patient and kindly-worded response. I'd think that a psychology background would teach exactly the wrong lessons about the use of statistics in

That was a very patient and kindly-worded response. I'd think that a psychology background would teach exactly the wrong lessons about the use of statistics in hard technology problems. In psychology research, the function of statistics is to persuade other psychologists, and persuading other psychologists of the importance of your research is the sole measure of success or failure. They're not used to find flaws in one's own work. As for poorly-reviewed papers, it must be embarrassing when they make headlines.