I found this one presumably rest my case; a nice quote (thanks Dr. Rothenberg).
On 10/15/05, Dr. Stephen Rothenberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sean,
>
> Sorry to reply to your off list, but I'm at a different e-mail address from
> where I'm subscribed, so this is easiest. Feel free to post my reply to the
> list if you want:
>
> To paraphrase statistician David Cox:
>
> All models are wrong; some are more useful than others.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sean" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 12:52 PM
> Subject: Re: st: A vvvvvery naive question about "controll for"
> >
> >
> >> 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.
> >>>
> >>> hth, Chris
> >>>
> >>> On Oct 15, 2005, at 19:33, Sean wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > absurd conclusion that physicists should learn from social scientists:
> >>> >
> >>>
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> >> --
> >> Best Regards,
> >>
> >> Sean
> >>
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Best Regards,
Sean
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