Comment on The bias shield

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:04:06 GMT

Most sociological mathematical models are formed by thinking about the relationships involved qualitatively, then building models that are simple, have those qualitative aspects, and can be worked with.

Most sociological mathematical models are also total crap.

Then you can gather data, compare the models to the data, and revise the models.

Repeat until your model has enough free parameters to be unfalsifiable.

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