From R. A. Fisher, 1938:
To consult the statistician after an experiment is finished is often merely to ask him to conduct a post mortem examination. He can perhaps say what the experiment died of.
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The blog of John D. Cook
From R. A. Fisher, 1938:
To consult the statistician after an experiment is finished is often merely to ask him to conduct a post mortem examination. He can perhaps say what the experiment died of.
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Ben 05.14.10 at 04:42
An excellent observation. I’ve had too many people ask me for statistics help after the fact, and I’m not even an expert.
Alex 05.14.10 at 21:34
This is so true. The worst is when a grad student comes to you and you realize that some experiments they designed for their thesis research were massively underpowered and/or poorly designed. It’s just so disheartening.