You don’t get it. It does not matter whether you have an “avalanche of data” one way or another. If you carry that “expectation” (bias) into your data collection and analysis, that corrupts it! No matter how noble your cause! “Expectations” are a subjective influence, and science needs to be objective if it is to believed at all!
You might have confidence in his character, that he won’t deliberately mess things up, but the masses will not see it that way. And on top of that, even if he is of good character (I’m not saying he isn’t), biases can creep their way in subconsciously. What is the purpose of this study, if not to convince the masses? He is shooting himself in the foot here.
This is exactly the sort of thing that we’d be (rightly) calling out if we saw a pro-vaccine study doing it.
We’ve already dealt with enough “well I’m already in the right so it doesn’t matter what I do or how I justify it” types on the other side…
You don’t get it. It does not matter whether you have an “avalanche of data” one way or another. If you carry that “expectation” (bias) into your data collection and analysis, that corrupts it! No matter how noble your cause! “Expectations” are a subjective influence, and science needs to be objective if it is to believed at all!
You might have confidence in his character, that he won’t deliberately mess things up, but the masses will not see it that way. And on top of that, even if he is of good character (I’m not saying he isn’t), biases can creep their way in subconsciously. What is the purpose of this study, if not to convince the masses? He is shooting himself in the foot here.
This is exactly the sort of thing that we’d be (rightly) calling out if we saw a pro-vaccine study doing it.
You don’t get it. It does not matter whether you have an “avalanche of data” one way or another. If you carry that “expectation” (bias) into your data collection and analysis, that corrupts it! No matter how noble your cause! “Expectations” are a subjective influence, and science needs to be objective if it is to believed at all!
You might have confidence in his character, that he won’t deliberately mess things up, but the masses will not see it that way. And on top of that, even if he is of good character (I’m not saying he isn’t), biases can creep their way in subconsciously. What is the purpose of this study, if not to convince the masses? He is shooting himself in the foot here.
You don’t get it. It does not matter whether you have an “avalanche of data” one way or another. If you carry that “expectation” (bias) into your data collection and analysis, that corrupts it! No matter how noble your cause! “Expectations” are a subjective influence, and science needs to be objective if it is to believed at all!
You might have confidence in his character, that he won’t deliberately mess things up, but the masses will not see it that way. And on top of that, even if he is of good character (I’m not saying he isn’t), biases can creep their way in subconsciously.
You don’t get it. It does not matter whether you have an “avalanche of data” one way or another. If you carry that “expectation” (bias) into your data collection and analysis, that corrupts it! No matter how noble your cause! “Expectations” are a subjective influence, and science needs to be objective if it is to believed at all!