There is no empirical optimal

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 2025-04-09

Summary:

This is Jessica. Like “guarantees”, optimal is one of those words that gets thrown around all the time in computer science, but which can be used in cringier and less cringy ways. Today’s post is about using “optimal” to describe … Continue reading

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https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/04/09/there-is-no-empirical-optimal/

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Authors:

Jessica Hullman

Date tagged:

04/09/2025, 16:41

Date published:

04/09/2025, 12:19