Can you resend this link please?

Thanks


On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Jim Lemon <jim@bitwrit.com.au> wrote:

> On 04/17/2013 03:25 AM, Sarah Goslee wrote:
>
>> ...
>> Ouch.
>>
>> (Note: I know nothing about the site, the author of the article, or
>> the study in question. I was pointed to it by someone else. But if
>> true: highly problematic.)
>>
>> Sarah
>>
>>  There seem to be three major problems described here, and only one is
> marginally related to Excel (and similar spreadsheets). Cherry picking data
> is all too common. Almost anyone who reviews papers for publication will
> have encountered it, and there are excellent books describing examples that
> have had great influence on public policy.
>
> Similarly, applying obscure and sometimes inappropriate statistical
> methods that produce the desired results when nothing else will appears
> with depressing frequency.
>
> The final point does relate to Excel and any application that hides what
> is going on to the casual observer. I will treasure this URL to give to
> anyone who chastises my moaning when I have to perform some task in Excel.
> It is not an error in the application (although these certainly exist) but
> a salutory caution to those who think that if a reasonable looking number
> appears in a cell, it must be the correct answer. I have found not one, but
> two such errors in the simple calculation of a "birthday age" from the date
> of birth and date of death.
>
> Jim
>
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