Posted by
Hector Maletta on
Feb 23, 2007; 8:00pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Rotten-statistics-tp1074053p1074063.html
Will is right, but both are related. Easy software may have
contributed to the increasing number of "instant statisticians", as we have
dubbed them some time ago in this very forum.
Hector
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De: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:
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Bailey [Statman]
Enviado el: 23 February 2007 19:51
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Asunto: Re: Rotten statistics
I so agree Mark. However, I believe Hector was referring to applying
methodologies versus applying software.
Cheers,
WMB
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On 2/23/2007 1:34:16 PM,
[hidden email] wrote:
> Hector,
>
> I beg to disagree that this is not an SPSS issue. It is. It is
also a
> SAS issue, and a STATA issue, and a LISREL, etc. We have made
> statistical
> software so easy to use a caveman can do it (my apologies to all
of you
> GEICO spokescavepersons on the list).
> It's not just a matter of teaching
> stats students about core assumptions and the ramifications of
violating
> those assumptions, it's
> a matter of making sure that occassional users
> (like medical, social science, or educational practitioners who
may not
> be, by training, researchers) are reminded that you can throw
numbers
> into
> windows and get garbage for output but you may not get an error
message
> or
> warning from the system telling you of such. You are correct, I
> overgeneralized about medical personnel. However, I
> don't think I
> overreacted to the severity of the issue.
>
> I also don't
> think that discussions like these are inappropriate for this
> forum. Many students frequent this list. That article was a
great post
> and I think it would be beneficial for all SPSS users to see more
of them
> from time to time. As for me, this article will go in my teaching
file
> for use in the occasional research courses