RE: Wired article on the scientific method

[hermit921 <hermit921 () yahoo com>]

Several decades ago in my first general statistics class, the prof 
challenged us to find an article from a reputable scientific journal that 
did not have a statistical error.  I don't think we ever did.

hermit921


At 06:16 AM 9/2/2004, Melson, Paul wrote:
> Fascinating article.  But in light of this thread, I ran across this
> line on the second page and had to laugh:
>
> "A recent study of work published in Nature and British Medical Journal,
> for example, found that 11 percent of papers had serious statistical
> errors."
>
> PaulM
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Talk about good timing:
> >
> <http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.09/rugg.html?pg=1&topic=rugg&topi
> c_set=>

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