Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Frequentist Statistics are Frequently Subjective - Less Wrong

59 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 04 December 2009 08:22PM

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Comment author: freddy 04 December 2009 11:08:36PM 12 points [-]

"In modern times there is absolutely no excuse for not publishing the raw data, but that's another story."

Nope. If, like many studies, you have data on real live humans there are perfectly-sane ethical and legal considerations which make publishing raw data a non-starter. Even publishing summaries is a problem; see the way the Wellcome Trust Case Control Studies recently hauled aggregate results of their website when it became clear individual diseases status could be ascertained from them.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 04 December 2009 11:09:06PM 5 points [-]

Fair point.