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Aella
@Aella_Girl
To me, it's obvious that limited data is better than no data, and you interpret it in context, evaluate theories for why you got that data (including stuff like sampling bias, etc.) But I'm starting to suspect most people view data as being a binary support or not of a view?
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
like, to me I can publish a little bit of data and I just default assume everyone knows that I'm not drawing hard conclusions from it, it's just a piece of evidence we can discuss, but people often respond like I think I'm making a bold, irrefutable claim about reality
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
which... feels a little startling to me. Should I start placing "I'm not definitively assuming anything from this data, a little data is better than no data" disclaimer at the beginning of everything? I just had assumed sharing the sample size and source was serving that function
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
Replying to
@SouthSidelarry
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@HugePPE
you guys know people have thought about this kind of problem and have solutions to mitigate it, right? Like there's methods of detecting bad data, and methods of building surveys to make it easier to detect bad data
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larry southsidesox
@SouthSidelarry
Replying to
@Aella_Girl
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@HugePPE
of course. but you’re admittedly still very much an amateur at this. when very basic things like informed consent aren’t part of your vocabulary, it’s very reasonable to question whether you (1) know this and (2) know how and have experience doing it properly.
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