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The methodology matters a lot here: Were a set of preselected questions answered by the data, or was there exploratory analysis of the data which uncovered thes
by jonahx 11y ago
The methodology matters a lot here: Were a set of preselected questions answered by the data, or was there exploratory analysis of the data which uncovered these results? If the latter, the effects of data fishing[1] would largely invalidate the conclusions.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_dredging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_dredging
- rabidonrails 11y agoAgreed. There seems to be lots of "correlation without causation"[1] here. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_cau...]