[Corpora-List] Bad data and its consequences

[Angus B. Grieve-Smith]

On 01/30/2013 06:09 AM, Krishnamurthy, Ramesh wrote:
> I agree that the quality of the primary data is important,
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> but isn't the problem raised in the linked discussion
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> the assumptions that were made about the primary data,
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> i.e. the sample-population relationship,
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> which led to misleading conclusions?

     Oh, absolutely.  Often the data itself is fine, it just doesn't 
represent what the researchers claim it represents.

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