{"title":"Beyond Statistical Criticism","authors":"P. Rosenbaum, Dylan S. Small","doi":"10.1353/obs.2018.0008","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:In an admirable essay, Bross makes many useful observations. The goal, however, should be to take a step beyond statistical criticism, arriving at an objective statement about what the (research design + data) say and fail to say. Often this entails saying a bit less than one might like in exchange for saying something definite and objective.","PeriodicalId":74335,"journal":{"name":"Observational studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1353/obs.2018.0008","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Observational studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/obs.2018.0008","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:In an admirable essay, Bross makes many useful observations. The goal, however, should be to take a step beyond statistical criticism, arriving at an objective statement about what the (research design + data) say and fail to say. Often this entails saying a bit less than one might like in exchange for saying something definite and objective.