Clarifying interactions

XVII.1 January + February 2010
Page: 62
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Ps AND QsSocializing at cross purposes


Authors:
Elizabeth Churchill

Indulge me for a moment. I have a series of jokes I want to tell you: How many social scientists does it take to change a lightbulb? None. They do not change lightbulbs; they search for the root cause of why the last one went out. How many simulationists does it take to change a lightbulb? There's no finite number. Each one builds a fully validated model, but the light never actually goes on. How many statisticians does it take to change a lightbulb? We really don't know yet. Our entire sample was skewed to the left. So what's…




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