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The Likelihood of Being TRUE? (Scientist, Consultant, or Truth Seeker)

September 4, 2013

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Clients want to know “What is true?”, while statistical tests offer the likelihood that a relationship in the data could have been “caused by random error.”  The fact that the question and answer don’t line up is usually responded to by quoting textbook doctrine about what statistics can demonstrate and is then followed by adopting […]