MichaelBishop comments on Sociosexual Orientation Inventory, or failing to perform basic sanity checks - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MichaelBishop 23 September 2009 09:03:50PM 0 points [-]

Define outlier. I have thrown out, or capped, data that is logically impossible, but I've also knowingly, and unknowingly included outliers I was skeptical of because there is no widely agreed upon standard for treating them. I could try many different standards/assumptions, and see if they affect my analysis but this type of work is time consuming and would not be of less interest to my colleagues than the work I would have to sacrifice. I realize this is sometimes problematic and I will make some effort to shift the standards in my discipline, sociology.