Why I no longer use the term “cargo-cult science”

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 2025-04-04

Summary:

In our new paper, “Interrogating the ‘cargo cult science’ metaphor,'” Megan Higgs and I write: Over the past fifty years, the term “cargo cult” has been used to describe the actions of scientists who appear to follow forms of scientific … Continue reading

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https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/04/04/why-i-no-longer-use-the-term-cargo-cult-science/

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Andrew

Date tagged:

04/04/2025, 11:29

Date published:

04/04/2025, 09:04