From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Mon Jan 05 2004 - 09:55:50 MST
Ben Goertzel wrote,
> My father is a sociologist and has written a number of papers on
> the misuse of advanced statistics in sociology, see e.g.
>
> <http://crab.rutgers.edu/%7Egoertzel/mythsofmurder.htm>
This is an excellent paper!
One of my pet peeves is people misusing statistics or "science" to prop up
unsupported claims. I have often argued on the Extropians List against
Lott's gun claims, the use of suspect profiling, the "statistical"
Simulation Argument, and other bad statistics. People just don't know how
to apply logic, the scientific method, or proper statistical methods.
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