Re: On inappropriate hypothesis testing. Was: MIT Sexism & statistical bunk

[Rich Ulrich]

On Tue, 13 Mar 2001 14:04:19 -0800, Irving Scheffe (JS)
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Actually, in practice, the decisions are seldom made
> on the basis of rational evaluation of data. They
> are usually made on the basis of political pressure,
> with thin, and obviously invalid, pseudo-rationalizations
> on the basis of data that, on close examination, have
> little or no necessary relationship to the questions
> being asked.

Oh, I see.   You do the opposite.  Your own
flabby rationalizations might be subtly valid, 
and, on close examination, 
*do*  have some relationship to the questions....

[ snip, one sentence of post, plus irrelevant citation. ]

(This guy is already posting irrelevant rants as if 
I've driven him up the wall or something.  So this 
is just another poke in the eye with a blunt stick, to see
what he will swing at next....)
-- 
Rich Ulrich, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.pitt.edu/~wpilib/index.html


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