[ExI] Why so much published 'science' is wrong.

[William Flynn Wallace]

(They might have to try several people though, to finally get the
results the want!).  ;)

Ain't that the damned truth.  Whoever invented the term 'massaging the
data', making it happy so it will give you what you want, was a genius.

I know a number of psychologists who won't let anyone touch the data unless
they are Asian!

bill w

On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 5:32 AM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12 July 2015 at 11:13, Anders Sandberg  wrote:
> > I also think statistics ought to be taught more, and presumably that will
> > reduce the amount of calculus.
> >
> <snip>
> >
> > In the end the problem is that there is too much to know for a short
> > education. Once can teach a core that is likely to help everybody, but
> > anybody who is aiming at certain jobs or problems need way more.
> >
>
>
> Yea, that occurred to me also. When you can do a degree in statistics
> as the main subject, there is no room for engineering, etc.
>
> One solution is for every research team to include a stats degree person.
> Or at least have access to a stats PhD to analyse their data.
> (They might have to try several people though, to finally get the
> results the want!).  ;)
>
> BillK
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