Why Performing "Data-Driven Analysis" is Hard

by rrusczyk, Apr 11, 2011, 3:22 PM

NFL draft edition.

Yet another example of why I'm generally pretty skeptical about "studies". It's so hard to accurately measure whatever you want measure. This doesn't mean you shouldn't try, but it does mean you should take any results with a large grain of salt...
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When you say "It doesn't mean you should try" do you mean to say "It doesn't mean you shouldn't try"?

by ged3.14, Apr 11, 2011, 11:08 PM

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Ah, of course. I've fixed it...

by rrusczyk, Apr 12, 2011, 2:53 AM

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