Pretty scary...
On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Albyn Jones <jo...@reed.edu> wrote: > I once had a discussion with an economist who told me > in almost these exact words: > > "I don't care what the data say, the theory is so clear". > > albyn > > > On 2013-04-26 9:30, William Dunlap wrote: > >> The prior for the incompetence/malice question is usually best set pretty >>> heavily in >>> favour of incompetence ... >>> >> >> The following comment on economic research is from a 2010 article in >> the Atlantic >> reviewing John Ioannidis' work. >> >> http://www.theatlantic.com/**magazine/print/2010/11/lies-** >> damned-lies-and-medical-**science/308269/<http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2010/11/lies-damned-lies-and-medical-science/308269/> >> >> "Medical research is not especially plagued with wrongness. >> Other meta-research experts have confirmed that similar issues >> distort research in all fields of science, from physics to economics >> (where the highly regarded economists J. Bradford DeLong and >> Kevin Lang once showed how a remarkably consistent paucity of >> strong evidence in published economics studies made it unlikely >> that any of them were right)." >> >> Bill Dunlap >> Spotfire, TIBCO Software >> wdunlap tibco.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >>> From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces@r-** >>> project.org <r-help-boun...@r-project.org>] On Behalf >>> Of S Ellison >>> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 9:08 AM >>> To: Thomas Adams; peter dalgaard >>> Cc: r-help >>> Subject: Re: [R] the joy of spreadsheets (off-topic) >>> >>> >>> >>> > One might wonder if the "Excel error" was indeed THAT or >>> > perhaps a way to get the desired results, give the other >>> > issues in their analysis? >>> >>> The prior for the incompetence/malice question is usually best set >>> pretty heavily in >>> favour of incompetence ... >>> >>> S >>> >>> >>> *********************************************************************** >>> This email and any attachments are confidential. Any use...{{dropped:8}} >>> >>> ______________________________**________________ >>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/**listinfo/r-help<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/** >>> posting-guide.html <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>> >> >> ______________________________**________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/**listinfo/r-help<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/** >> posting-guide.html <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > ______________________________**________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/**listinfo/r-help<https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/** > posting-guide.html <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Thomas E Adams, III 718 McBurney Drive Lebanon, OH 45036 1 (513) 739-9512 (cell) [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
