If your result needs a statistician then you should design a better experiment.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- If you need complex statistics to make your results work, the experiment itself was likely flawed.
- In plain terms
- Good experiments produce clear results without needing heavy statistical fixes.
- What can you take from it?
- Design experiments that yield clear results naturally.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is your data clear without heavy processing?
- How can you simplify your setup?
Another view
Some fields inherently require complex stats even with good design.
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