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How Should We Critique Research? · Gwern.net

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Criticizing studies and statistics is hard in part because so many criticisms are possible, rendering them meaningless. What makes a good criticism is the chance of being a ‘difference which makes a difference’ to our ultimate actions.

--- title: How Should We Critique Research? description: Criticizing studies and statistics is hard in part because so many criticisms are possible, rendering them meaningless. What makes a good criticism is the chance of being a 'difference which makes a difference' to our ultimate actions. created: 2019-05-19 modified: 2019-07-07 status: finished confidence: highly likely importance: 8 css-extension: dropcaps-kanzlei ... > Scientific and statistical research must be read with a critical eye to understand how credible the claims are. The Reproducibility Crisis and the growth of meta-science h

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