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Nobody will question you (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 months ago (2 children)

And make sure you use linear regression, nobody thinks linear regression is bad.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that would be bad practice, industry standard is to run all the tests simultaneously and if something comes out statistically significant make up a narrative then try to split it into 4 papers.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Tell that to the reviewers who constantly ask my wife why she didn't do linear regression in her analysis. She rages against linear regression constantly. But some people swear by it, which i think is weird.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Folks in observation and analytics are gonna be real mad when they realize you're giving away their secrets.