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Yeah, this is an issue with way more science than anyone (esp scientists) is comfortable acknowledging In grad school I encountered experiment after experiment
by beerpls 3y ago
Yeah, this is an issue with way more science than anyone (esp scientists) is comfortable acknowledging
In grad school I encountered experiment after experiment, paper after paper where the authors went around emphasizing the parts which were statistically “sexy” while ignoring glaring issues like this
It’s almost like the methodology for creating science is more rigorous than the science itself
Sometimes the sample is too small. Sometimes they assume a correlation that doesn’t exist. It’s troubling and was a large part of why I left academia
- CrazyStat 3y agoI faced similar pressures in graduate school to leave out somewhat unfavorable results (which I thought were interesting and worth presenting even if they didn't flatter our approach). It wasn't the only thing that drove me away from academia, but it certainly contributed. In the statistics department, of all places! Where the importance of being forthcoming with your data should be best understood!