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(1) The misplaced burden of proof, and (2) selection bias: Two reasons for the persistence of hype in tech and science reporting

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 2020-09-23

Summary:

Palko points to this post by Jeffrey Funk, “What’s Behind Technological Hype?” I’ll quote extensively from Funk’s post, but first I want to make a more general point about the burden of proof in scientific discussions. What happens is that a researcher or team of researchers makes a strong claim that is not well supported […]

Link:

https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2020/09/23/1-the-misplaced-burden-of-proof-and-2-selection-bias-two-reasons-for-the-persistence-of-hype-in-tech-and-science-reporting/

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Authors:

Andrew

Date tagged:

09/23/2020, 15:09

Date published:

09/23/2020, 09:44