Paul Okami wrote:
> "Any data set may be badgered into submission."
> 
> I thought Paul Meehl said that, but he denied it, although he told me that he
> wished that he had.

Here's one that Meehl did write:

"We clinicians should not deceive ourselves by denying that that the
phrase 'clinical experience' is our honorific term for subjective
anecdotal impressions as reported by people with MDs or PhDs."

--Paul E. Meehl, "Credentialed Persons, Credentialed Knowledge", Clinical
Psychology: Science and Practice (Oxford University Press), APA (D12),
0969-5893/97.

Allen Esterson
Former lecturer, Science Department
Southwark College, London
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

http://www.human-nature.com/esterson/index.html
http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=10
http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=57
http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=58
http://www.psychiatrie-und-ethik.de/infc/1_gesamt_en.html

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