CuSithBell comments on [LINK] SMBC on Confirmation Bias - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CuSithBell 28 November 2011 06:24:27PM *  0 points [-]

This is, I think, a general problem with many of the studies we rely on. We learn a lot about the averages, but often I find that useless - I want to know more in-depth information about the subgroups, outliers, etc. As seen here and in the linked article, these same studies are often misinterpreted for this reason. Perhaps it's worth a post? Especially if someone is more familiar with the pertinent methodology than I.