What's the relationship between statistical model and the real world?
Aren't social scientists supposed to explain the real world based upon
their statistical models? I'm still confused.
On 10/15/05, Chris Kopp <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Control for" in the social science lingo refers to the statistical
> model and not to the real world.
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> hth, Chris
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> On Oct 15, 2005, at 19:33, Sean wrote:
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> > absurd conclusion that physicists should learn from social scientists:
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Sean
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