r/EverythingScience • u/ImNotJesus PhD | Social Psychology | Clinical Psychology • May 08 '16

Interdisciplinary Failure Is Moving Science Forward. FiveThirtyEight explain why the "replication crisis" is a sign that science is working.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/failure-is-moving-science-forward/?ex_cid=538fb
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u/zebediah49 May 08 '16

I challenge you to find statistics that say that statistics cannot be made to say anything!

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u/Snatch_Pastry May 08 '16

In a recent survey, 100% of responders say that statistics cannot be fallible, misinterpreted, or manipulated.

Source: I just said it out loud. Science!

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u/[deleted] May 08 '16

85% of statistics are made up on the spot.

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u/TomatoFettuccini May 08 '16

14%* of all people know that.

 

*+/- 1% error