01-19-2014, 10:46 PM
Klem Wrote:No argument there...e.g. Rosenthal's rats. Bias pervades all findings, regardless of method.
Statistics are empirical proof that, given enough time, data can be tortured enough to confess to anything the inquisitor wishes it to. (With apologies to Ronald Coase)
"A problem thoroughly understood is always fairly simple. Found your opinions on facts, not prejudices. We know too many things that are not true."
Charles F. Kettering

