Objectivity in Statistics: “Arguments From Discretion and 3 Reactions”

We constantly hear that procedures of inference are inescapably subjective because of the latitude of human judgment as it bears on the collection, modeling, and interpretation of data. But this is seriously equivocal: Being the product of a human subject is hardly the same as being subjective, at least not in the sense we are … Continue reading Objectivity in Statistics: “Arguments From Discretion and 3 Reactions”